Japan said China is building a 20th structure in a disputed, energy-rich area and called for a return to negotiations.

A rocky, uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea has soured relations between Beijing and Tokyo for decades. Tensions have flashed numerous times over the Senkaku Islands, which China calls ...

(AP) TOKYO — The Japanese government has agreed to buy several privately owned islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China, media reports said Wednesday.

1895 Japan unilaterally annexes five islands and three barren rock groups in the East China Sea, calls them "Senkaku." China's Qing Dynasty later cedes Taiwan and adjacent islands to Japan under ...

Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific.

J apan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. [AP/YONHAP] ...

Military leaders are working to enforce a "one-theatre" concept in both the East and South China seas, the Philippines' ...

Capturing the Senkaku Islands and becoming the dominant power in the East China Sea, taking key territories in the South China Sea from the Philippines, these are but stepping stones for China to ...

This aerial shot shows the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea. Tokyo has been angered by the presence of Chinese ships near Japanese-administered ...

A rocky, uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea has soured relations between Beijing and Tokyo for decades. Tensions have flashed numerous times over the Senkaku Islands, which China calls ...