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Four China Coast Guard ships sailed in Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/08/japan/senkaku-chinese-ships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #naha #senkakus #china #chinajapanrelations #disputedislands

Four China Coast Guard ships sailed in Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/08/japan/senkaku-chinese-ships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #naha #senkakus #china #chinajapanrelations #disputedislands

Four China Coast Guard ships sailed in Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/08/japan/senkaku-chinese-ships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #naha #senkakus #china #chinajapanrelations #disputedislands

Four China Coast Guard ships sailed in Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/08/japan/senkaku-chinese-ships/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #naha #senkakus #china #chinajapanrelations #disputedislands

Tokyo's lodging of a protest with Beijing over the installation of structures in the East China Sea marks the latest in a series of incidents between the two Asian rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/china-japan-security-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #defense #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands #sanaetakaichi #msdf

Tokyo's lodging of a protest with Beijing over the installation of structures in the East China Sea marks the latest in a series of incidents between the two Asian rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/china-japan-security-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #defense #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands #sanaetakaichi #msdf

Tokyo's lodging of a protest with Beijing over the installation of structures in the East China Sea marks the latest in a series of incidents between the two Asian rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/china-japan-security-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #defense #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands #sanaetakaichi #msdf

Tokyo's lodging of a protest with Beijing over the installation of structures in the East China Sea marks the latest in a series of incidents between the two Asian rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/china-japan-security-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #defense #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands #sanaetakaichi #msdf

Indonesia's Foreign Ministry warned that an American proposal to give its military "blanket" permission to fly over Indonesian territory risked entangling Jakarta in potential South China Sea conflicts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/15/asia-pacific/indonesia-us-military-overflight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #usmilitary #indonesia #southchinasea #disputedislands #southeastasia #petehegseth #pla

China has called on the Philippines to help create the conditions needed to stabilize and improve bilateral relations after officials concluded two days of talks on their territorial disputes in the South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/30/asia-pacific/china-philippines-ties-maritime-row/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southchinasea #disputedislands #china #philippines #southeastasia

Students from Okinawa Prefecture have visited the city of Nemuro, Hokkaido, to learn firsthand about issues related to disputed islands that Russia controls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/02/japan/okinawa-northern-territories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #students #education #hokkaido #northernterritories #russiajapanrelations #wwii #disputedislands #russia #sovietunion

South Korea protested a Japanese government ⁠event regarding a cluster of disputed islands between the two countries, calling the move an unjust assertion of sovereignty over its territory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/22/japan/politics/takeshima-south-korea-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takeshima #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #seoul #disputedislands #shimane

Japan will continue to push for a restart of a program for former residents of Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands to visit the graves of their ancestors there, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/japan/japan-rally-northern-territories-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disputedislands #northernterritories #hokkaido #sanaetakaichi

Since late last year, some Japanese officials have been discreetly urging fishermen around the Senkaku Islands — known as the Diaoyu in China — to steer clear of them to avoid escalating a diplomatic clash with Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/china-senkaku-fishermen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #senkakus #disputedislands #chinajapanrelations #okinawa #ishigaki #japancoastguard #eastchinasea

As ASEAN chair, the Philippines foreign minister is aiming for an ‘effective and substantive’ code of conduct for the disputed South China Sea — a daunting task that has eluded the Southeast Asian bloc for years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/18/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-foreign-secretary-coc-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #theresalazaro #china #southeastasia #asean #southchinasea #disputedislands

A new facility has opened at the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, aiming to help visitors to learn about Japan's territory through immersive video presentations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/territory-museum-open/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #china #korea #museums #senkakus #takeshima #disputedislands

Russia said any dialogue with Japan regarding a peace treaty to formally end World War II could only begin once Tokyo abandoned what Moscow described as a damaging “anti-Russian” stance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/politics/russia-japan-peace-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #russiajapanrelations #russia #northernterritories #disputedislands

The Philippines said a Chinese ship deliberately rammed one of its government vessels in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, though Beijing blamed Manila for the incident. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/asia-pacific/china-philippines-south-china-sea-clash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands

Outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have agreed on the value of maintaining “stable” ties, amid concerns the next Japanese government could take a harder line on relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-seek-stability-in-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #shigeruishiba #leejaemyung #takeshima #disputedislands #history #sanaetakaichi

China’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday offered the latest hint that its third and largest aircraft carrier could soon enter service, after it undergoes further testing and training in the disputed South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #aircraftcarriers #pla #southchinasea #taiwan #disputedislands #chinajapanrelations #defense #defenseministry

China's coast guard said that a Philippine vessel had “deliberately rammed” one of its ships Tuesday, alleging that Manila had organized more than 10 vessels to “illegally intrude” into a South China Sea flash point. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/philippines-china-scarborough-shoal-clash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #china #disputedislands #southchinasea

The Chinese military denounced a second joint patrol this month in the South China Sea involving the Philippines and partner navies, as tensions in the waterway soar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/politics/japan-south-china-sea-patrol/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southchinasea #china #pla #philippines #defense #sdf #msdf #disputedislands #usmilitary

The U.S. backed the Philippines in rejecting China’s plan to create a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal in the disputed sea that separates the two nations, calling it "destabilizing.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/asia-pacific/us-china-scarborough-shoal-nature-reserve/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #scrarboroughshoal #southchinasea #disputedislands #us #marcorubio #philippines

The Philippines is working on a new set of internal rules and protocols to better coordinate the actions of agencies in contentious areas of the South China Sea, as Manila responds to Beijing's gray-zone activities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/asia-pacific/philippines-south-china-sea-rules-of-engagement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #china #pla #southchinasea #disputedislands #indopacific

Surrounded by Chinese military bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm on the front line of a simmering territorial dispute between Beijing and Manila in the flash point South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/asia-pacific/philippines-pagasa-island-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #china #indopacific

Japanese and European leaders took aim at China even as they announced a raft of deals to deepen ties at a summit in Tokyo, talks that were likely to stand in stark contrast to a similar meeting in Beijing on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/politics/eu-japan-summit-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #eu #japan #eujapanrelations #pla #southchinasea #eastchinasea #disputedislands #taiwan #russiaukrainewar #northkorea

Former residents of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan have held a memorial service at sea for their ancestors for the fourth straight year because they remain unable to land on the northwestern Pacific islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/japan/northern-territories-ex-residents-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #northernterritories #disputedislands #russiajapanrelations #russia #hokkaido

China has denied that its warplanes risked collisions with Japanese surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea last week, calling “close-in reconnaissance and harassment” by Tokyo “the root cause” of the incidents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/japan/japan-china-military-close-encounter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #pla #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands

Chinese fighter jets twice risked collisions with Air Self-Defense Force surveillance aircraft, Tokyo said, coming within 30 meters of the planes over the East China Sea on Wednesday and Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/china-japan-aircraft-encounter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #defense #defenseministry #sdf #asdf #pla #senkakus #disputedislands #eastchinasea

Helicopters buzzed in the shadow of a smouldering volcano and boats rescued dummies from the sea this week in a show of maritime unity by Japan, the United States and the Philippines amid tensions with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/21/japan/japan-us-philippines-coast-guard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japancoastguard #usjapanrelations #philippinesjapanrelations #china #disputedislands #pla

The Hokkaido government says that memorial services at sea will be held between July 20 and Aug. 21 for former residents of the four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan to mourn their ancestors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/18/japan/disputed-islands-memorial-trips/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #disputedislands #northernterritories #russia

The U.S. military has kept another advanced weapons system in the Philippines following joint drills, suggesting the Pentagon is using exercises to de facto deploy key weapons to the region amid tensions with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/11/asia-pacific/us-weapons-philippines-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #usmilitary #philippines #china #southchinasea #missiles #disputedislands #pla #taiwan

The Philippines has called on ASEAN nations to wrap up negotiations on a code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea, a move experts say reflects Manila’s growing frustration with Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/27/asia-pacific/politics/asean-philippines-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #asean #philippines #china #southchinasea #southeastasia #disputedislands #ferdinandmarcosjr

Japan has announced for the first time that China sent its Liaoning aircraft carrier into the East China Sea, some 200 kilometers from the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, for practice deploying fighter jets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/26/japan/china-aircraft-carrier-east-china-sea-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #senkakus #disputedislands #pla

Russia has informed Japan that it will conduct shooting drills in waters north of Shikotan, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/15/japan/russia-drills-near-japan-disputed-island/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russiajapanrelations #disputedislands #northernterritories #yoshimasahayashi

A China Coast Guard helicopter entered Japan’s territorial airspace around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Saturday — just the fourth such incursion by a Chinese aircraft ever. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/japan/china-coast-guard-helicopter-senkakus-airspace/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #chinacoastguard #senkakus #disputedislands

Russia said Monday it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed island chain annexed by Moscow during World War II, amid simmering tensions with Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/russia-bans-japanese-ngo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russiajapanrelations #russia #disputedislands #northernterritories #ngo

China frequently shifts between warming and freezing relations with Japan, driven by its domestic issues, often using softer rhetoric while masking aggressive actions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/14/japan/are-china-japan-relations-warming/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #chinajapanrelations #senkakus #disputedislands #okinawa #china

Beijing’s demands that Manila remove a U.S. missile system have backfired, as the Philippines' defense chief says his country is now determined to acquire its own midrange missile capability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/06/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-defense-minister-teodoro-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #gilbertoteodoro #defense #philippinesjapanrelations #us #usmilitary #china #pla

Beijing’s demands that Manila remove a U.S. missile system have backfired, as the Philippines' defense chief says his country is now determined to acquire its own midrange missile capability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/06/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-defense-minister-teodoro-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #gilbertoteodoro #defense #philippinesjapanrelations #us #usmilitary #china #pla

Beijing’s demands that Manila remove a U.S. missile system have backfired, as the Philippines' defense chief says his country is now determined to acquire its own midrange missile capability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/06/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-defense-minister-teodoro-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #gilbertoteodoro #defense #philippinesjapanrelations #us #usmilitary #china #pla

Beijing’s demands that Manila remove a U.S. missile system have backfired, as the Philippines' defense chief says his country is now determined to acquire its own midrange missile capability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/06/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-defense-minister-teodoro-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #gilbertoteodoro #defense #philippinesjapanrelations #us #usmilitary #china #pla

China Coast Guard vessels have been spotted near the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands for a record 353 days this year, as Beijing continues to ramp up its activities near the tiny islets that it also claims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/29/japan/japan-senkakus-china-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #senkakus #disputedislands #eastchinasea

China reasserted its territories around a flash point reef in the South China Sea on Sunday, two days after the Philippines defined its own sea boundaries in the contested waters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/10/asia-pacific/china-sea-reaffirms-boundaries/ #asiapacific #philippines #china #southchinasea #disputedislands #scarboroughshoal #spratlyislands

NHK President Nobuo Inaba has apologized after a newscaster said on the Japanese public broadcaster's Chinese-language news that the Senkaku Islands are Chinese territory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/23/japan/nhk-senkaku-report/ #japan #nhk #china #chinajapanrelations #senkakus #disputedislands

The U.S. "will do what is necessary" to see that the Philippines is able to resupply a ship on the Second Thomas Shoal that Manila uses to reinforce its claims to the atoll, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/20/asia-pacific/politics/us-philippines-resupply-china/ #asiapacific #politics #philippines #china #pla #us #southchinasea #russiaukrainewar #russia #jakesullivan #disputedislands

Two Chinese coast guard ships that had been repeatedly intruding into Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands since Thursday left the waters shortly after noon on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/22/japan/china-ship-senkaku-island-intrude/ #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #senkakuislands #eastchinasea #japancoastguard #disputedislands #ishigaki #okinawa

China Coast Guard regulations allowing it to detain foreign nationals suspected of trespassing in waters it claims for up to 60 days took effect Saturday, stoking fears of escalation amid rising tensions in the disputed South and East China Seas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/15/asia-pacific/china-coast-guard-law-arrest/ #asiapacific #china #philippines #southchinasea #senkakus #chinajapanrelations #japancoastguard #chinacoastguard #disputedislands

Just days after the U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held “constructive” in-person talks, the two used speeches at Asia’s top regional security conference over the weekend to deliver markedly different messages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/02/asia-pacific/politics/china-defense-minister-us-rivarly/ #asiapacific #politics #dongjun #taiwan #china #pla #usmilitary #southchinasea #disputedislands #lloydaustin #us #philippines

Japan has lodged a formal protest after a South Korean opposition party leader made a trip to disputed islets, stoking a long-standing territorial spat ahead of an expected three-way summit with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/14/japan/politics/japan-takeshima-protest/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #takeshima #disputedislands #yoshimasahayashi