World / Sensitive issues

Website spreads Diaoyu messages

[2015-03-05 07:44]

English-language and Japanese versions of a website were launched by China to demonstrate its sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.

Japan has to reflect on history: former PM

[2015-03-01 13:37]

If Japan plans to regain trust from its neighboring countries, it needs to squarely look at its wartime history and be apart from the past.

Don't read too much into shortened name

[2015-02-27 07:35]

The China-Japan Friendship Hospital is to be called the China-Japan Hospital according to a regulation on the abbreviated names of hospitals.

Japan unveils record defense budget

[2015-01-15 05:09]

Japan announced its biggest defense budget on Wednesday as it prepares plans to scrap the constitutional ban on military operations overseas.

China calls on Japan to create good tone for meeting

[2014-11-08 16:37]

China said on Saturday it hopes Japan can create a favorable atmosphere for an expected meeting between the two countries' leaders.

Comfort women

[2014-10-23 10:11]

China voiced severe concern over the Japanese government's denial of recruiting wartime "comfort women" on Wednesday, urging the country to seriously honor its commitments to reflect on its aggressive past.

New visits to shrine obstacle to relations

[2014-10-18 05:56]

Beijing expressed to Tokyo its "serious concerns and firm opposition" Friday after more than 100 Japanese lawmakers made a pilgrimage to the shrine that honors Class-A war criminals from World War II.

Japan's actions jeopardize ties with China, report says

[2014-10-18 05:45]

Japan's anxiety, suspicion and fear over China's rise will influence the future development of Sino-Japanese relations, according to scholars of Fudan University in Shanghai in a report released on Friday.

Abe pushes diplomacy to contain China

[2014-09-10 14:37]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on a two-stop South Asian tour reasserting Tokyo's interest in a region where it has ceded influence to China.

Impact of islands dispute fades but cloud remains

[2014-09-09 16:47]

A survey reveals impact of the Diaoyu Islands dispute on China-Japan ties is showing signs of moderating, yet pessimism about future ties continues.

Abe appoints China-friendly lawmakers to key posts

[2014-09-04 09:20]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picked two lawmakers with friendly ties to China for top party posts in an apparent signal to mend bilateral ties.

Anti-Japanese War documentary depicts Guangyang ambush

[2014-09-01 13:32]

China's State Archives Administration releases the latest episode of an Anti-Japanese War documentary series, which focuses on a successful ambush by Chinese troops.