Japan also agreed to provide two large patrol ships and lend up to five used surveillance aircraft to the Philippines

  Ties had recently "sunk to a low edge for reasons everyone knows", China's official said

  Economic data shows that firms are depositing money at banks rather than investing for the future

  It will be of "great significant for the future development of China's aviation industry."

John Kerry said the international community, including the United States, sees the ruling as legally binding and a matter of...

  So far ASEAN has avoided citing China by name in prior statements calling for a lowering of tensions over the area...

  China seen as more likely to retaliate over territory disputes

 

The U.S. carriers John C. Stennis and Ronald Reagan began joint operations in seas east of the Philippines at...

Beijing views access to the Pacific as vital both as a supply line to the rest of the world's oceans...

Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki summoned the Chinese ambassador in Tokyo Wednesday to "express a serious concern" and...

  Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan said he hoped China and Indonesia would "deepen pragmatic exchanges and cooperation"

"Prime Minister (Shinzo) Abe led discussion on the current situation in the South China Sea and East China Sea. Other G7 leaders...

 

  But Japan wants to "get the wheel turning to create the Sino-Japanese relations that are suitable for a new age....