In a pointed post promoting fruit tea, Xiang Piao Piao exploited anger over Tokyo’s decision to release treated waste water from Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Commemorative event for Japanese engineer sees William Lai, who takes office on May 20, hark back to remarks from Tokyo like ‘Taiwan’s security is a global issue’ and ‘Taiwan’s crisis is Japan’s crisis’.

In a first, legal action has been launched in China to hold Tokyo accountable for war crimes, lawyer says.

Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.

Beijing’s latest confrontations with Tokyo and Manila over contested islands come as they strengthen maritime coalition with Washington.

Japan’s ambition to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2028 is seen as a move to prevent China from scoring a propaganda coup, analysts say.

Chinese embassy lodges solemn representations over ‘infringement and provocation’ after confrontation near the Diaoyu Islands, called Senkaku by Japan

Chinese professor Fan Yuntao, who teaches in Tokyo, has reportedly gone missing after returning to Shanghai in February 2023.

Japan’s annual diplomatic blue book reinstates reference to seeking ‘mutually beneficial’ ties with China, but also blames it for ‘severe and complex’ security situation in East and South China seas.

Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron is a box office success in China, but some say the Studio Ghibli co-founder’s anti-war stance is ‘hypocritical’ as the film portrays Japanese characters as victims.

The name of the ship has already been criticised in China because it shares its name with an imperial warship that bombed Shanghai in the 1930s.

The relationship between the two Asian giants is already ‘complex and delicate’, despite their intertwined economies.

Comments follow US President’s meeting with Japanese leader, where they unveiled a series of deals to strengthen military and economic ties to counter China.

Kishida, who became Japan’s first political leader to visit the US as a state guest in nine years, quickly corrected his remark at a press conference.

Some 88 per cent of respondents also say North Korea is a cause for concern, while 89 per cent identify Russia as a danger, according to the annual survey.

Move ‘disregards the risk of nuclear proliferation’ and would ‘intensify the arms race’ in the region, foreign ministry spokeswoman says.

Island’s former president appeals to younger generations to learn the lessons of history.

A new Japanese regiment equipped with advanced anti-ship missiles was established in the strategically vital Ryukyu island chain last month.

Talks will relate to ‘Pillar II’ of the pact, covering quantum computing, undersea, hypersonic, AI and cyber technology, Financial Times reports, citing people in the know.

US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said the move is not meant ‘for just one contingency,’ but ‘it’s built around the security in the Indo-Pacific’.

Head of a trilateral organisation representing the three countries tells Boao Forum that no nation can face current geopolitical challenges on their own.

Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates on Tuesday, but analysts do not expect any direct impact on China, which is prioritising the stability of the yuan over rate cuts.

Eastern naval and coastguard units practise responses to an attack on a flotilla amid tensions in the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.

Umio Otsuka’s appointment marks the first time since 1978 for a former military official to assume the post.

Trade and investment growth between the two countries has slowed amid a series of economic and security concerns.