37 Chinese citizens filed a lawsuit in a Beijing court demanding Japanese apologies and compensation for forced labor during World War II.
A report from the US Congress blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's view on Japan's militarist history, saying his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine has led to mounting mistrust between Tokyo and Washington.
A Chinese spokeswoman on Tuesday hit back at Japanese criticism regarding China's military expansion and demanded Japanese leaders confess to a recent string of controversial moves.
A Chinese spokeswoman on Tuesday urged Japan to stick to the path of peaceful development as the Japanese cabinet plans to ease its self-imposed restrictions on arms exports by not ruling out delivering weapons to nations involved in international conflicts.
China has urged the Japanese government to make clear its stance on right-wing activists' latest pro-nuclear weapons statements.
Beijing called upon Tokyo on Monday to make the "security concerns of Asian neighbors" a priority in response to Japan's government drafting new principles on arms exports.
Beijing opposes a Japanese initiative aiming to draw up an act that would "lay the legal basis" to foster ties between Tokyo and Taiwan.
The People's Liberation Army Air Force on Friday identified and verified foreign military planes entering China's recently established East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone.
Japan was urged by a Chinese spokesman on Monday to stop its provocative talk after its country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe depicted China as a threat to regional security.
Japanese Cabinet is expected make a decision on whether to revise the government's stance on Japan's right to exercise collective self-defense.
Moscow expressed displeasure with the expanding US-Japanese alliance in the Asia-Pacific region.
Washington has made a clarification to Beijing to dismiss a Japanese media report on a so-called US-Japan joint combat plan for "retaking" China's Diaoyu Islands, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Friday.