Japan on Wednesday lodged a protest with China through a diplomatic channel after four Chinese coast guard ships were spotted entering Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, calling the incident “unacceptable.” File photo taken in June 2011 shows the contested Senkaku Islands at the center of a diplomatic disagreement…
Was ‘Japan being racist towards China?’ – this thought has been plaguing the minds of many Reddit users after one of Japan’s most esteemed academic institutions, Tokyo University, was under the scanner for allegedly embedding ‘Tiananmen’ keyword in the source code of its graduate admissions webpage. The phrase reportedly restricted access for users in China….
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, began talks in Beijing on Wednesday, as the two nations aim to increase mutual high-level visits while maintaining communication amid continuing tensions. Earlier in the day, Iwaya met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and is scheduled to attend the “Japan-China High-Level People-to-People and Cultural…
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is arranging talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Dec. 25, a Japanese government source close to the matter said Saturday, in what will be his first visit to the neighboring country as Japan’s top diplomat. The visit will take place as Japan and China seek to explore ways to…
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng showed support for the upcoming World Exposition in Osaka and pledged to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals in China as he met Wednesday with a business delegation from the neighboring country, the group said. He told the business leaders from western Japan’s Kansai area, which includes the expo’s host…
China has told Japan it intends to remove a buoy it installed inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, diplomatic sources said Saturday. While it is hoped the move will help stabilize strained relations between the two countries, China has not removed the buoy from the area. Japan…
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya is planning to visit China in late December for talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, as the two countries seek to resume high-level bilateral exchanges, government sources said Saturday. Takeshi Iwaya. (Kyodo) The two sides are also considering holding a ministerial-level human and cultural exchange dialogue during the visit…
China is arranging the restart of its unilateral visa-free arrangement for short-term Japanese visitors in the near future, several travel industry sources in Beijing said Friday. China has yet to revive the pre-COVID practice of visa exemption for Japanese nationals, although it has given such preferential treatment to a number of other countries, including South…
The defense ministers of Japan and China began talks in Laos on Thursday, the Japanese government said, as the Asian neighbors explore ways to stabilize relations amid airspace and maritime tensions. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun held their first meeting on the margins of a defense ministerial gathering of…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to foster “mutually beneficial” and “stable” relations in their first in-person talks. Following the meeting in Lima, held on the sidelines of this year’s summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Ishiba told reporters that he also raised concerns about China’s…