Naval chief won't meet Japanese officials
[2014-04-21 07:36]Japanese warships have not been invited to the joint maritime exercise to mark the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the PLA navy.
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.
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.
Okinawa residents protest against US airbase plan
[2014-04-19 20:55]Residents at Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Saturday protested against over the Japan-US agreement on relocating the US Futenma air station within the prefecture.
S. Korea, Japan begin talks on comfort women before Obama visit
[2014-04-16 16:39]Senior diplomats of South Korea and Japan started talks Wednesday about Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women ahead of Obama's visit to the two countries next week.
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.
S. Korea denounces Japanese minister's visit to war shrine
[2014-04-12 21:12]South Korea on Saturday denounced a Japanese Cabinet minister's visit to the controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.
China protests Japanese minister's visit to war shrine
[2014-04-12 19:41]Minister Yoshitaka Shindo's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine is viewed as yet another example of a lack of remorse over Japan's wartime history.
Japanese PM sued for Yasukuni visit
[2014-04-11 23:19]A citizens' group in Japan's Osaka files a lawsuit claiming that Shinzo Abe's controversial visit to the Yasukuni shrine has violated their constitutional right to "live in peace".