On Tuesday, the coast guard officials had said that the buoy was spotted in the waters northwest of Okinawa Prefecture's Senkaku Islands, which are located in southern Japan. However, the ...

This file photo taken in September 2012 shows the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Wednesday lodged a protest with China through a diplomatic channel after ...

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have declared that the disputed Senkaku Islands fall under NATO’s collective defense. The move heightens tensions with China, which ...

On Tuesday, coast guard officials said the buoy was spotted in July of 2023 in the waters northwest of Okinawa Prefecture's Senkaku Islands, which are located in southern Japan. They said that ...

“It is truly regrettable and unacceptable that the Chinese coastguard vessels entered the Japanese waters around the Senkaku Islands,” Hayashi said on Wednesday afternoon.

Japan controls the uninhabited islets and refers to them as the Senkaku Islands, China claims them as the Diaoyu Islands. This disagreement has sparked a prolonged and contentious sovereignty ...

he will get confirmation that Japan’s security treaty with the United States covers the defense of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China. Ishiba also said he intends to seek ...

Emboldened by a law allowing wider weapons use, the Chinese Coast Guard has repeatedly and more brazenly tested Japan’s resolve to avoid escalating tensions around the Senkaku Islands in the ...

At a regular news conference on Feb. 11, ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated that the “hydrometeorological buoy” had completed its task at the site near the Senkaku Islands, known as the ...

BEIJING -- China has removed a buoy it placed near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in July 2023, the two governments revealed Tuesday, a possible reflection of improving relations.

This file photo taken in September 2012 shows the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China said Tuesday it has moved a buoy it had installed inside Japan's exclusive ...