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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

The new opposition centrist force that was supposed to upend Japan’s political calculus isn’t gaining any ground. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/04/japan/how-unpredictable-is-the-snap-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #cdp #komeito #cra #dpp #sanseito #jip #china #us #indopacific #eastasia #senkakus #xijinping #sanaetakaichi #2026lowerhouseelection #nipponishinnokai #diet

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

China's coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea almost daily last year, it said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/china-coast-guard-patrol/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #eastchinasea #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #senkakus #taiwan #defense

Japanese and Chinese vessels engaged in a fresh standoff near the disputed Senkaku Islands on Tuesday, the two countries' coast guards have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/politics/china-ships-territorial-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #senkakus #china #chinajapanrelations #japancoastguard

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

The Japanese government will put on display records showing that China had historically recognized the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture as islands outside its territory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/senkakus-records-display/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #senkakus #china #chinajapanrelations

Defense chief Shijiro Koizumi used a series of meetings during a regional summit to push for deepened cooperation with partners while expressing concern to his Chinese counterpart over military moves near Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/politics/koizumi-defense-ministers-china-asean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #defense #defenseministry #china #chinajapanrelations #pla #eastchinasea #senkakus #budgets #sdf

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces on Thursday spotted for the first time China’s biggest and most advanced aircraft carrier, Fujian, as the vessel sailed in the East China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/china-biggest-carrier-spotted-in-east-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #fujian #senkakus #aircraftcarriers #sdf

The Japan Coast Guard is struggling to secure enough personnel as it sees an expansion of its duties, including territorial sea patrols around the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/japan-coast-guard-facing-staffing-difficulties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japancoastguard #senkakus #eastchinasea #jobs

Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered a Chinese man who previously worked for NHK to pay the public entity ¥11 million in compensation for making unscripted remarks during its Chinese-language radio news program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/media/chinese-man-order-nhk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #media #china #media #nhk #japanesecourts #senkakus #japanesetv #television

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

China’s expanding military presence and frequent exercises around Taiwan and Japan require Tokyo to strengthen the country’s defenses and diplomatic efforts against Beijing’s aggression. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/06/13/china-hones-intimidation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #china #taiwan #chinajapanrelations #southchinasea #eastchinasea #philippines #defense #senkakus

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

A Chinese marine research ship was spotted placing a pipe-like object into the sea in Japan's exclusive economic zone off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/11/japan/chinese-ship-japanese-eez/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #japan #eez #senkakus

Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the Senkaku Islands and as Beijing sent government ships to the area for more than 170 straight days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/10/japan/japan-china-senkakus-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #senkakus #chinajapanrelations #defense #pla #china #sdf #defenseministry

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

Japan, despite facing multiple territorial disputes, lacks a dedicated university program on the issue, unlike Western countries, and would benefit from an interdisciplinary academic initiative to foster expertise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/17/japan/japan-university-program-territorial-disputes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #northernasia #southkorea #northkorea #russia #china #taiwan #diplomaticrelations #senkakus #northernterritories #eastchinasea #defense

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

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth agreed Friday during their first phone call to expand their nations’ joint military presence around Japanese islands in the East China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/31/japan/politics/japan-us-defense-chiefs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #defenseministry #defense #senkakus

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

The real motivation behind Japan's whaling may lie in asserting its maritime sovereignty, as the country defends its exclusive economic zone amid territorial disputes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/19/japan/japan-whaling-maritime-sovereignty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #denmark #oceans #whales #whaling #denmarkjapanrelations #paulwatson #eez #senkakus

The U.S. decision to suspend the use of Taishojima as a firing range has had lasting consequences, undermining Japan's claims to the Senkakus and sending mixed signals about U.S. support for Japanese sovereignty over the islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/10/japan/senkaku-firing-range/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #senkakus #defense #us #usmilitary #sdf #usjapanrelations #china #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations

NHK said Tuesday that Kenji Sobata, senior director for international services, resigned the same day over controversial comments made by an outside staff member in Chinese-language news aired on its international and domestic radio channels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/11/japan/nhk-china-comments/ #japan #nhk #senkakus #china #japanesetv

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 Mexican national is believed to have drifted to the island in a canoe from Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, according to officials from the 11th Regional Headquarters of the Japan Coast Guard in Naha. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/18/japan/senkaku-mexican-man-rescued/ #japan #japancoastguard #senkakus

Two China Coast Guard ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the city of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/23/japan/china-coast-guard-senkakus/ #japan #senkakus #eastchinasea #defense #china #japancoastguard

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