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ABE ECHOES JAPANS PAST WAR APOLOGIES BUT ADDS NONE
But in a potentially contentious break with previous expressions of contrition by Japanese leaders Mr. Abe did not offer a new personal apology of his own... READ MORE›
SHOWDOWN IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Lassen, a destroyer, as it came close to five of its artificial islands in the South China Sea's contested waters... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN IN ICE-BREAKER TALKS
Awkward Relations between China and Japan have long been soured by a row over islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
US ACCUSES CHINA FIGHTER OF RECKLESS MID-AIR INTERCEPT
Near-misses between aircraft and naval vessels of the US and China are commonplace off the coast of China... READ MORE›
US ALLIES SEE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AS A CHECK ON CHINA
The stakes for the Obama administration to conclude the negotiations became higher in Asia after the United States defense secretary, Ashton B... READ MORE›
JAPANS PARLIAMENT APPROVES OVERSEAS COMBAT ROLE FOR MILITARY
The debate often doubled as a forum for airing views about Japan's most important ally the United States... READ MORE›
CHINA CONDEMNS U.S. WARSHIP'S ROUTE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
China claims territorial sovereignty to virtually all of the South China Sea, which includes some of the world's busiest trade routes... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA SEAL MAJOR FREE TRADE DEAL
Related Stories China and Australia have sealed a major free trade agreement, as Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare address to parliament in Canberra... READ MORE›
U.S., JAPANESE NAVAL FORCES STAGE SHOW OF STRENGTH
The USS Ronald Reagan and the Japanese warship JS Izumo took part in the fleet review... READ MORE›
CHINA READY TO LAUNCH MILITARY POWER FROM ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
In any case, strategists concede that freedom of navigation exercises will not necessarily hinder the militarisation of China's new sand islands... READ MORE›
OBAMA ON ASIA: INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE JOBS
BEIJING President Obama arrives in Beijing on Monday for a week-long trip to three countries China, Burma and Australia for summits with other world leaders... READ MORE›
US TELLS ASIAN ALLIES THAT NAVY WILL PATROL NEAR ISLANDS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
The United States has refrained from venturing that close to Chinese-occupied islands in the South China Sea since at least 2012... READ MORE›
BEIJING PLACES MISSILE LAUNCHERS ON DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLAND
Several Asean countries have overlapping claims to islands and surrounding waters in the South China Sea, including Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and the Philippines... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN SMOOTH ISLANDS ROW
Related Stories China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IS OPEN TO TALKS WITH ABE
Ties between South Korea and Japan, its former colonizer, have been strained for years, largely over issues rooted in their painful history... READ MORE›
LAW SUGGESTS BROADER CORE INTERESTS FOR CHINA
BEIJING After China enacted a sweeping national security law this week one official said the measure was intended to safeguard the country's core interests... READ MORE›
JAPAN PLANS LARGEST EVER DEFENCE BUDGET TO COUNTER CHINA'S REACH
Japan had been making annual cuts to its defence budget for a decade up to 2013... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S ABE AND CHINA'S XI HOLD ICE-BREAKING MEETING AS APEC STARTS
Leaders of China and Japan meet for mini-summit after two years of mounting tension over disputed islands in East China Sea... READ MORE›
CHINA ENLISTS SQUAD OF TRAINED MONKEYS TO CLEAR SKIES DURING MEMORIAL PARADE
According to Wang Minghzi of China's air force Peoples Liberation Army monkeys have mastered the skills necessary to destroy birds nests... READ MORE›
BY 2030, SOUTH CHINA SEA WILL BE 'VIRTUALLY A CHINESE LAKE,' U.S. STUDY WARNS
Obama's strategic rebalance to Asia is not keeping up with rising threats from China and North Korea, U.S. study argues... READ MORE›
JAPAN OPENS RADAR STATION CLOSE TO DISPUTED ISLES, DRAWING ANGRY CHINA RESPONSE
A network of overlapping radar sites along the island chain would boost Japan's ability to monitor the East China Sea, he added... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. SEES NEW CHINESE ACTIVITY AROUND SOUTH CHINA SEA SHOAL
The United States responded to the East China Sea ADIZ by flying B-52 bombers through the zone in a show of force in November 2013... READ MORE›
U.S. SAYS EUROPEANS COULD HELP MORE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
David O'Sullivan, EU ambassador to Washington, said the European Union and the United States had very similar objectives, but such statements were a judgment call... READ MORE›
U.S. SAYS IT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE SOUTH CHINA SEA EXCLUSION ZONE
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than 5 trillion in global trade passes every year... READ MORE›
U.S.-PHILIPPINES CEMENT MILITARY ALLIANCE
China claims the whole of the South China Sea as its territory... READ MORE›
BATTLESHIP ISLAND A SYMBOL OF JAPAN'S PROGRESS OR REMINDER OF ITS DARK HISTORY?
Japan seeks Unesco recognition for Hashima island, known as Battleship island, but the bid makes no mention of its history as a site of slave labour... READ MORE›
WORLD AIDS DAY CUT GAY BLOOD BAN TO THREE MONTHS
Since Mr. Xi took power, China has rattled Asian neighbors with its assertive actions in the South China Sea and alienated Japan over territorial disputes in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA DEFIES U.N. BY FIRING LONG-RANGE ROCKET OVER OKINAWA
The big story is that earlier this week Abe said that if North Korea launch the rocket Japan would shoot it down... READ MORE›
TRUMP CANDIDACY STIRS ALLIANCE ANGST IN JAPAN
If we get attacked, Japan doesn't have to help us, Trump said at a campaign speech late last year... READ MORE›
CHINA HOLDS FIRST NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL DAY
Japan and the People's Republic of China established diplomatic relations in 1972... READ MORE›