World / Sensitive issues

Abe's Yasukuni offering a slap in Obama's face

[2014-04-21 14:48]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in yet another provocative move detrimental to regional stability.

Japan PM sends offering to Yasukuni Shrine

[2014-04-21 07:35]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sends a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine, in a move likely to further strain ties with China and South Korea.

Japanese cargo ship held in legal dispute dating to 1930s

[2014-04-21 07:24]

A Shanghai court placed a cargo ship of Japanese shipping giant Mitsui OSK Lines under custody on Saturday after the shipping company failed to comply with the court's ruling on the compensation for two Chinese ships that were rented in the 1930s and later sank.

Beijing asks Tokyo to explain new radar base

[2014-04-21 03:53]

Beijing has called on Tokyo to explain what its intentions are in building a military radar station at the western end of its island chain, just 150 km from China's Diaoyu Islands.

Chinese court detains Japanese boat over unpaid damages

[2014-04-20 21:56]

A maritime court in Shanghai detained a Japanese ship on Saturday following a court verdict that ordered the ship's owner to pay delayed rent and losses to a Chinese firm, the court said on Sunday.

No one-on-one meeting between Chinese navy commander, Japanese MSDF officials: Spokesman

[2014-04-20 19:21]

China says that "in view of the wrong words and deeds by the Japanese leaders" the naval representatives of the two countries are not expected to meet during the upcoming Western Pacific Naval Symposium in East China.

Japan minister at shrine honoring war criminals

[2014-04-20 10:33]

Keiji Furuya has visited a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead, including war criminals, a move that has previously caused friction with Japan's neighbors.

China refutes Abe's words on 'status quo'

[2014-04-18 20:45]

China has refuted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's criticism claiming that Beijing has tried to "change the status quo" in maritime disputes.

Scholars to testify for victims of Japanese aggression

[2014-04-18 16:08]

A group of Chinese scholars will testify in court to help victims of Japan's wartime bombings of Chongqing win their compensation lawsuits against the Japanese government.

Chongqing bombings survivors sue Japanese govt

[2014-04-16 16:06]

Survivors of the Bombing of Chongqing during the World War II on Wednesday sued the Japanese government over its wartime antihuman bombings in Chongqing, the then Chinese capital, demanding governmental apology and compensation.

700 former laborers sue Japanese companies

[2014-04-16 11:43]

About 700 people who were forced to work in Japan during World War II filed a lawsuit in east China's Shandong Province, demanding both an apology and compensation from two China-based Japanese companies.

Japan's propaganda will not alter facts: Chinese FM

[2014-04-16 11:29]

Japan's ongoing propaganda will never change the fact that the Diaoyu Islands are an inherent part of China's territory, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said at a daily news briefing.