thejapantimes, 5 days ago to worldwithoutus

The world on Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, amid growing fears that the deadly event’s memory is being erased by Beijing and overshadowed by the increasingly tense Sino-U.S. rivalry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/asia-pacific/politics/tiananmen-crackdown-35th-anniversary/ #asiapacific #politics #tiananmen #tiananmensquare #china #history #taiwan #laichingte #chinajapanrelations

thejapantimes, 6 days ago to Japan

Police are looking for a suspect, believed to be a Chinese national, who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo over the weekend after urinating on it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/japan/society/yasukuni-shrine-vandalism/ #japan #society #china #yasukunishrine #wwii #chinajapanrelations #history

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to China

Amid heightened tensions between the Washington and Beijing and the alliances of Japan and South Korea with the U.S., no substantive agreements were reached at the trilateral summit in Seoul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/05/31/long-neglected-trilateral-resumes/ #editorials #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #china #southkorea

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to Japan

While the recent trilateral summit between Japan, South Korea and China was aimed at restarting dialogue, it yielded minimal concrete outcomes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/30/japan/japan-south-korea-china-trilateral-summit/ #commentary #japan #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #china #southkorea

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to Japan

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday asked senior Chinese Communist Party official Liu Jianchao — who is thought close to leader Xi Jinping — that Beijing lift its ban on imports of Japanese fishery products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/29/japan/politics/chinese-official-tokyo/ #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #fish

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to Japan

With tensions in Northeast Asia escalating into dangerous territory, the leaders of Japan, China and South Korea Monday sought to clear the air and chart a new path forward in their first three-way summit since 2019. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/japan/politics/japan-china-south-korea-summit/ #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #china #southkorea

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to Japan

Japan has spotted Chinese ships sailing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for a record 158 consecutive days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/japan/senkakus-chinese-ships/ #japan #senkakus #chinajapanrelations #china #disputedislands #japancoastguard #eastchinasea

thejapantimes, 14 days ago to Japan

Prime Minister Kishida was set to arrive in Seoul for bilateral talks with South Korean and Chinese leaders ahead of their first trilateral summit since 2019. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/japan/politics/kishida-li-yoon-bilateral-talks/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #southkorea #china #liqiang #fumiokishida #yoonsukyeol #northkorea #missiles

thejapantimes, 16 days ago to Japan

The first Japan-China-South Korea trilateral summit since 2019 may not conclude with a raft of concrete deliverables, but just holding the meeting on Monday will be an accomplishment in its own right. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/24/japan/politics/china-japan-south-korea-trilateral-preview/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #china #southkorea #liqiang #yoonsukyeol #fumiokishida #northkorea #trade #us

thejapantimes, 17 days ago to Japan

The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan are to hold their first trilateral summit in more than four years in Seoul on Sunday and Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-china-summit-date-set/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #fumiokishida #yoonsukyeol #liqiang

thejapantimes, 18 days ago to Japan

Tokyo said on Wednesday that it had protested “extremely inappropriate remarks” by China’s ambassador to Japan earlier this week, which appeared to insinuate that Japanese people would be “brought into the fire” of conflict over support for self-ruled Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/politics/japan-protest-china-envoy-taiwan-remark/ #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #taiwanjapanrelations #taiwan #china #yoshimasahayashi

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to Japan

Local government leaders from Japan and China are interacting with each other actively even as state-level exchanges remain almost halted, amid continuing tensions including over Taiwan and China's ban on seafood imports from Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/japan/japan-china-regional-exchanges/ #japan #chinajapanrelations #toyama #okinawa #fukui

thejapantimes, 21 days ago to Japan

China's Commerce Ministry said Sunday that it has launched anti-dumping probes into some chemical products from Japan, the United States, the European Union and Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/19/japan/china-japan-anti-dumping-probe/ #japan #china #taiwan #polyacetalresin #chinajapanrelations #trade #antidumpingprobes

thejapantimes, 21 days ago to Japan

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea are considering a plan for a joint statement highlighting economic ties and cooperation in fighting infectious diseases at an expected trilateral summit later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/19/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-china-summit-preview/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #fumiokishida #liqiang #yoonsukyeol

thejapantimes, 24 days ago to Japan

A former professor at the Hokkaido University of Education has been sentenced to six years in prison on espionage charges in China, sources said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/japan/japan-university-professor-china/ #japan #chinajapanrelations #hokkaidouniversityofeducation #espionage #yuankeqin

thejapantimes, 24 days ago to Japan

The perception gap widens. Japan's view of China is deteriorating, characterized by a fear of arbitrary detention and the belief the country, economically, is past its peak. China sees Japan as declining and too reliant on the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/15/japan/perception-gap-japan-china/ #commentary #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #chineseeconomy #japaneseeconomy

thejapantimes, 25 days ago to Japan

A proposed summit between Japanese, Chinese and South Korean leaders will be a forum to discuss future-oriented cooperation, with the aim of institutionalizing collaboration, a representative of the body promoting three-way ties has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/japan/politics/japan-china-south-korea-summit-to-focus-on-cooperation/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #chinajapanrelations #china