thejapantimes, 24 days ago to Japan

The Ishigaki city government deployed a drone for the first time around Uotsurijima, one of the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, to take infrared images of the northern side of the islet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/28/japan/politics/okinawa-conducts-survey-around-senkakus/ #japan #politics #senkakus #disputedislands #chinajapanrelations #okinawa

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to worldwithoutus

In his first-ever trilateral summit with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines, U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday reiterated Washington’s commitment to defending the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/12/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-japan-us-trilateral/ #asiapacific #politics #fumiokishida #philippines #ferdinandmarcosjr #joebiden #philippinesjapanrelations #usjapanrelations #china #senkakus #eastchinasea #southchinasea #pla

thejapantimes, 2 months ago to Japan

Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force said Saturday that it had conducted joint training with two U.S. Air Force B-52 heavy bombers over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea, in what was seen as a show of force to both Beijing and Pyongyang. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/02/japan/politics/us-japan-joint-air-exercises/ #japan #politics #sdf #usjapanrelations #usmilitary #northkorea #missiles #satellites #nuclearweapons #china #senkakus

thejapantimes, 3 months ago to Japan

China Coast Guard vessels began last month to issue warnings for Japanese Self-Defense Forces planes to leave airspace over and around the Japan-controlled, China-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/04/japan/china-ships-warn-sdf-over-senkaku/?utm_content=buffer271cf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #chinajapanrelations #sdf #senkakus #disputedislands

thejapantimes, 4 months ago to Japan

China plans to keep its ships near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea every day in 2024 as leader Xi Jinping has called for bolstering Beijing's claim over the islets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/30/japan/china-daily-senkakus/?utm_content=buffer55837&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #senkakus #pla #xijinping #fumiokishida #eastchinasea

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

New Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi has vowed that he will negotiate "tenaciously" with Beijing to solve a bilateral row over the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/20/japan/politics/new-japan-ambassador-to-china/?utm_content=bufferddfa0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #kenjikanasugi #chinajapanrelations #china #senkakus #fukushimano1

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Tokyo secretly asked Beijing not to make territorial claims to the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea to avoid friction ahead of the Japanese emperor's visit to China in 1992. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/20/japan/senkaku-islands-declassified-diplomatic-document/?utm_content=bufferccf46&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #emperorakihito #chinajapanrelations #china #senkakus #disputedislands

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

A senior Chinese military officer said that Beijing does not want a war over the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku Islands, but it is also "not fearful" of armed conflict either. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/10/japan/politics/china-not-fearful-senkakus-war/?utm_content=buffer6fc05&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #china #senkakus #taiwan #chinajapanrelations

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met with China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, on Saturday as Tokyo and Beijing continue to wrangle over China’s ban on seafood imports from Japan after the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/25/japan/politics/japan-china-yoko-kamikawa-wang-yi/?utm_content=buffer69bb5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #yokokamikawa #wangyi #fukushima #radioactivewater #southkorea #senkakus

Norobiik, 9 months ago to Philippines

"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal #SecondThomasShoal #Philippines

Wreck, Rats and Roaches : Standoff in the #SouthChinaSea (2014 article)
https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2014/07/world/south-china-sea-dispute/

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to news

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki embarked on a five-day trip to China on Monday as part of a delegation seeking to strengthen economic and cultural ties between Japan and China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/03/national/denny-tamaki-china-trip/?utm_content=buffer6fe02&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #china #okinawa #defense #usmilitary #senkakus #xijinping #yoheikono #tarokono #dennytamaki