President Donald Trump's seeming ambivalence about the value of allies has created a sense of urgency among nations with ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping sharply criticized Japan's "remilitarization" during summit talks with U.S. President Donald ...

Japan was overtaken by China as the world’s second largest creditor nation in 2025, despite setting a fresh record for its ...

But in 2022 Japan and China traded places. China’s inflation rate fell below that of its smaller, greyer neighbour and stayed ...

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Japanese trade minister Ryosei Akazawa said Saturday he had a brief exchange with his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao on the ...

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Takaichi has said Japan remains open to dialogue with China, but Beijing has not responded to her overtures. Read more at ...

In its annual white paper, the ministry outlined its stance on a range of issues, from tensions around Taiwan to the intensifying rivalry between China and the United States. Repeated joint sorties by ...

The U.S.-China summit held in Beijing on May 14, 2026 has made it clear what shape U.S.-China relations will take for the ...

Motoyuki Hattori was promising young scholar in Japan, held a position at the nation’s most elite university, and had career prospects that were far more solid than those of his peers.