Tokyo-based hotel and real estate developer APA Group has once again come under fire over a historically inaccurate book by the group's CEO, Toshio Motoya. At the launch of the new book on June 2, Motoya said he would not remove copies of the book from his hotels during the Tokyo Olympics.
Six Japanese nationals are under investigation by Chinese authorities on suspicion of violating Chinese laws, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday in response to a report about alleged Japanese spies caught in China.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 14 Class-A convicted war criminals among 2.5 million Japanese war dead from WWII.
Beijing is strongly dissatisfied with Tokyo's defense white paper that is "full of groundless accusations" about China's normal military activities, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday.
Japanese government approved this year's version of defense white paper, which described the security environment surrounding the country "increasingly severe".
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged Japan not to "hype up" the South China Sea issue.
The Defense Ministry on Thursday refuted Japan's protest over Chinese warships sailing close to the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
South Korea on Thursday urged Japan to squarely face up history in a right way after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ritual offerings to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
A Japanese submarine visited a former US navy base at Subic Bay in the Philippines on Sunday - the first such visit in 15 years - in a sign of deeper international involvement in territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
China urged Japan to stick to the path of peaceful development and promote regional peace and stability on Wednesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers his apology and remorse to Koreans forced to work as comfort women during World War II.
China's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs Fu Cong on Thursday urged Japan to expedite destruction of abandoned chemical weapons in China during World War II.