BEIJING: A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the waters of the Senkaku Islands on Sunday (Nov 16) on a "rights enforcement patrol", the China Coast Guard said in a statement, as Beijing

Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi said if China attacks democratically ruled Taiwan it could trigger a military response from Tokyo

Japan will suffer a "crushing defeat" by the Chinese military if it tries to use force to intervene over Taiwan, China's defence ministry said on Friday, ramping up the rhetoric over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about the island.

Japan’s economy shrank 0.4 percent in the three months to September, official data showed today, as new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government prepares

Victim who is ‘slapped hard’ on the buttocks chases assailant, kicks him in the belly; police respond by saying there is nothing they can do.

Japan is trying to revive its wartime militarism and risks repeating the mistakes of history with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan, the official newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party said on Friday.

Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region

A Chinese diplomat’s call to cut off the prime minister’s “filthy head” signaled a revival of a combative style Beijing had tried to dial back.