China `expels` foreign military planes from airspace

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 16:24

China said it "expelled" foreign military planes from its airspace, first such incident after Beijing unilaterally declared an air defence zone over islands disputed with Japan in the East China Sea.

Japan issues teachers new instructions on disputed islands

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 12:19

Japanese education chiefs will instruct schools to teach children that islands at the centre of disputes with China and South Korea belong unequivocally to Tokyo, the government said on Tuesday.

Japan agrees to cooperate in NE, Lanka projects; may irk China

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 20:14

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for home on Monday after a three-day official visit during which it was agreed that his country would help in development of roads and agriculture in India`s North-eastern states for which feasibility studies are to be undertaken.

China defends air defence zone over disputed islands

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 18:54

China on Saturday defended its establishment of an air defence zone over islands diputed with Japan following Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remarks that Beijing was forcibly changing the status quo in the East China Sea.

China warns foreign planes entering defence zone

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 22:45

China said it has begun issuing warnings to foreign military planes entering its self-declared air defence zone over East China Sea.

Japan appeals to global elite for backing in China dispute

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 18:49

Japan took its campaign for international support in a potentially explosive territorial dispute with China to Davos on Wednesday.

China ramping-up navy with more ships amid maritime disputes

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 19:05

China is ramping-up its naval surveillance fleet in big numbers as part of attempts to assert its control in the disputed South and East China Sea to fend off emerging challenges from US and Japan in the region.

Provocative moves from China unacceptable: US lawmakers

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 13:48

Cutting across party lines, US lawmakers have expressed concern over China`s "threatening and provocative" moves to assert its maritime territorial claims in the East China Sea, saying Chinese actions are unacceptable.

China ships enter waters off disputed islands

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 15:43

Three Chinese ships entered disputed waters off Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, the Japanese coastguard said, the first such incursion this year.

China`s first aircraft carrier completes South China Sea drills

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 10:47

The aircraft carrier Liaoning carried out more than 100 tests, including of its combat systems, and has now docked at port in the northern city of Qingdao, the official Xinhua news agency said late on Wednesday.

China mulls revamping military regions: Japan report

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 19:05

The news comes amid rising tensions over Beijing`s territorial claims in the region, with China and Japan squaring off over a chain of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.

Air defence zone remarks: China refutes Japanese PM

Last Updated: Sunday, December 15, 2013, 12:24

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hong Lei has strongly refuted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s recent remarks on China`s East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone.