Japan also agreed to provide two large patrol ships and lend up to five used surveillance aircraft to the Philippines
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...
So far ASEAN has avoided citing China by name in prior statements calling for a lowering of tensions over the area...
Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki summoned the Chinese ambassador in Tokyo Wednesday to "express a serious concern" and...
"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....
"This radar station is going to irritate China," said a retired major general in the Self Defence Force
The visit to Cam Ranh Bay will mark a first for Japan's navy
"If China shrugs off the request, some action must be taken."
"Once we have equipped each of our fleets with aircraft carriers, the US and Japan will wake up from their dream....
Distrust remains high
"We have delivered our strong protest and requested (the Chinese coastguard) to stop the activities near the Senkaku Islands immediately."
Chinese ships sailing from their eastern seaboard must pass through this seamless barrier of Japanese missile batteries to reach the...
Tokyo said China was acting "unilaterally and without compromise"