China and Russia last held joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan in July 2023, with the drills notably expanding from past years as high-level political ties grew closer despite the perceived ...

In June, the former U.S. Coast Guard ship USCGC Mellon —one of 12 Hamilton -class high-endurance cutters—arrived in Vietnam ...

Japan Joint Staff A Chinese J-16 fighter aircraft is seen over the East China Sea on December 14, 2023. Japan Joint Staff The Chinese and Russian defense ministries did not respond to multiple ...

A new China map shows the South China Sea with a dashed line around claimed Chinese territory. A new line next to Taiwan is also seen on the map at a bookstore in Beijing, Sept. 1, 2023.

Item 1 of 2 A group of disputed islands, Uotsuri island (top), Minamikojima (bottom) and Kitakojima, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China is seen in the East China Sea, in this photo ...

And large majorities in all places surveyed call China at least a minor threat. In Japan, 76% of adults consider China a major threat. This is comparable to the share (74%) who said the same in 2013, ...

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink on Saturday said the situation in the South China Sea is deeply concerning, and said China's recent actions ...

With its neighbours riled, China is attending both gatherings – the East Asia Summit under way in Jakarta and the Group of 20 talks to be held in New Delhi next week – though Premier Li Qiang ...

The East China Sea disputes concern territorial sovereignty over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, together with the fisheries resources of the surrounding waters and hydrocarbon reserves beneath the seabed ...

Aug. 4, 2022 . Chinese missiles land near Taiwan and in Japan’s economic zone. At least 11 Chinese missiles fell into the sea to the north, south and east of Taiwan on Thursday.

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. In the subsequent three years China built seven new bases in the Spratly Islands, three of them ...