Senkaku Islands

6 Feb 2013

Analysts described the alleged actions as "provocative" as they could have been a precursor to firing missiles at Japanese forces.

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Japan protests over China ship's radar pointed at vessel

5 Feb 2013

A Chinese military frigate locked its weapon-targeting radar on a Japanese navy vessel on at least one occasion, Japan’s defence minister said on Tuesday.

Japan releases Chinese crew amid territorial dispute

3 Feb 2013

Japan on Sunday released the crew of a Chinese boat who had been detained on suspicion of illegal fishing, amid a festering territorial row between the neighbours.

Chinese ships enter disputed Diaoyu waters after rebuke

21 Jan 2013

Three Chinese government ships entered waters around the disputed Diaoyu Islands on Monday, a day after China rebuked the US for comments seen as supporting Japan.

Japan scrambles jets to head off China plane

5 Jan 2013

Japan scrambled fighter jets on Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, a Japanese Defence Ministry spokesman...

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Chinese warships spotted in waters near Japan island

Chinese naval vessels were in waters near to a Japanese island on Tuesday, the defence ministry in Tokyo said, as tensions with Beijing remain high over a disputed archipelago. “

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Japanese, US mull military drill to take island

Japan and the United States are mulling a joint military drill to simulate retaking a remote island from foreign forces, reports said, amid a festering row between Tokyo and Beijing over disputed...

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China to ‘lose out’ by missing Tokyo IMF, Lagarde says

China will “lose out” by not sending its top two finance officials to important global economic meetings in Japan this week, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday.

TERRITORIAL DISPUTE

Chinese nationalists covet Japan’s Okinawa

In a glass case at Beijing’s Imperial College, an 18th century book with a yellowed title page in bold, black characters is evidence – some Chinese say – that a swathe of modern-day Japan belongs...

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China central bank chief pulls out of IMF meeting amid Diaoyu row

China’s central bank governor will not lead the Chinese delegation at the IMF meeting this week, in what appeared to be a snub to host Japan.

DIAOYUS DISPUTE

Japan Coast Guard resources wearing thin due to Diaoyus dispute

The Japan Coast Guard is devoting so many resources to protecting the disputed Senkaku Islands that it could affect its other duties, including search and rescue operations for ships in distress...