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An LNG tanker at the Negishi LNG Terminal, which is jointly operated by Tokyo Gas and JERA, in Yokohama, in 2019. Japan is persuading nations in the region to consider developing more LNG infrastructure when much of the world is sounding the alarm about such projects. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | As China-Japan climate action grows, Tokyo must rethink LNG push in Asia

Japan’s progress in shrinking its domestic carbon footprint is being offset by its aggressive LNG development drive in South and Southeast Asia.

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‘Face history squarely’: China’s Xi urges Japan to help manage differences

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Wang Yi’s talks with Japanese official suggest a Xi-Ishiba meeting lies ahead

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China blames ‘obstruction’ for military plane’s entry into Japanese airspace

Explanation for August 26 incident comes ahead of likely first meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

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Tokyo says the Chinese Y9 reconnaissance aircraft violated Japanese airspace in the first such “confirmed and announced” incursion. Photo: AFP

Wary of China, US ranks Japan ‘first’ among Aukus partners: envoy

‘Very close’ talks under way as Washington seeks Tokyo’s cyber-related and other technological support amid deeper Indo-Pacific engagement.

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China says it drove away Japanese fishing boat from waters near Diaoyu Islands

Vessel ‘illegally entered’ the country’s territorial waters and was warned to leave, according to Chinese coastguard.

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Japan’s leader is calling for nuclear sharing with the US. Will it deter China?

If Shigeru Ishiba’s proposal becomes a reality, it will raise tensions and could drive Beijing to ‘push further on its own nuclear build-up’.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for an “Asian version of Nato”. Photo: Kyodo

China and Japan vow to stabilise ties

China’s Li Qiang and Japanese PM Ishiba pledge stable ties in first meeting

Japan’s new ‘military geek’ prime minister is looking to strengthen his country’s defences and roll out security innovations.

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Top Japan diplomat tells Beijing of ‘grave concerns’ about military activity

Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomes ‘new atmosphere’, during 45-minute call with newly appointed Japanese counterpart Iwaya.

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Takeshi Iwaya (left) held his first phone call as foreign minister with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Photo: Kyodo, AFP

Should China worry as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba takes the reins?

New leader has work cut out between bold security proposals, getting out of US shadow and need to improve Beijing ties, observers say.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his first policy speech to parliament, in Tokyo on Friday. Photo: AP

China’s coastguard takes part in first Arctic patrol with Russia

The ships entered the ocean on Tuesday, China’s national day, in an exercise closely monitored by the US.

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India rejects Japan’s call for ‘Asian Nato’, despite growing China tensions

Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said unlike Japan, India had never been a treaty ally of another country.

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Opinion | Don’t hate people for their political leaders’ wars and crimes

It is the leaders, not the regular people, who use the military might of nations to invade other countries and oppress other peoples.

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A woman and a boy leave the Japanese embassy in Beijing on September 19. China has expressed “regret and sadness” after a Japanese schoolboy who was stabbed in Shenzhen on the anniversary of the 918 Incident died of his injuries. Photo: AFP

‘They bring comfort and smiles to me’: fans say goodbye to Tokyo zoo pandas

‘Just like pandas, I hope Japan and China can be friends,’ said a visitor, who came to admire Ri Ri and Shin Shin at Ueno zoo.

Visitors watch the giant panda Shin Shin at Ueno zoo in Tokyo on Saturday. Photo: AP

Japan is about to get a new prime minister. What will it mean for China?

Advocate of ‘Asian Nato’ to counter China who also seeks more balanced US ties could ruffle feathers on either side of Pacific, analysts say.

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US wants ‘regular’ missile launch notification process after China’s ICBM test

Washington and France say Beijing gave advance notice of this week’s test, which Pentagon says was a ‘step in the right direction’.

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Japan makes first Taiwan Strait transit

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Japan vessel joins Australia and New Zealand in its first Taiwan Strait transit

A Japanese destroyer sailed through the stretch of water between the island and the Chinese mainland on Wednesday morning.

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China urges ‘calm, rational’ response from Tokyo after boy’s fatal stabbing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Japanese counterpart last week’s attack in Shenzhen was an ‘individual’ case and should not be ‘politicised’.

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Japan, China top diplomats to meet in New York over murder of Japanese boy

Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa of Japan says she will ‘strongly urge’ Chinese counterpart ‘to provide a clear explanation of the facts’.

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The Japanese embassy in Beijing flies the national flag at half mast on September 19, after the 10-year-old attacked in Shenzhen died of his injuries. Photo: AFP

Letters | Hong Kong factors complicate China-Japan youth exchange

Readers discuss obstacles to people-to-people efforts aimed at improving China-Japan relations, and the latest US advisory on Hong Kong.

A woman walks down a corridor before a coming-of-age ceremony at a university in Tokyo on January 11, 2020. Photo: AFP

China faces calls for transparency over safety fears after stabbing death

Series of recent assaults on foreigners could harm country’s image and further set back Beijing’s attempts to lure more people to visit, observers say.

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China to ‘gradually’ lift ban on Japanese seafood imports

Man accused of stabbing Japanese boy jobless with criminal record: Chinese media

Information about the sensitive case is tightly controlled by Chinese police, media and internet censors.

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Chinese paramilitary police officers march past the entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Thursday. China has expressed “regret and sadness” after a Japanese schoolboy died after being stabbed on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

China to ‘gradually’ lift ban on Japanese seafood imports

The decision comes a year after the restrictions were imposed over the release of waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

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China says it will allow imports of Japanese seafood to resume, just over a year after a ban was imposed. Photo: Jiji Press

Japanese boy mourned in China after fatal stabbing

Japanese child’s fatal stabbing in China is an ‘isolated case’, Beijing says

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Tokyo views child’s death ‘as a serious and grave matter’ and urges Beijing to protect Japanese in China.

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China-Japan relations
Breaking news and analysis on China-Japan relations, covering trade, investment, the legacy of war in Asia, military tensions and the impact of wider issues such as the US-China trade war and South China Sea.
last updated:
16 October, 2024
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