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.

China asks Japan to halt provocation

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 08:02

China has asked Japan to immediately stop all of its provocative actions over the ownership of Diaoyu Islands.

China warns North Korea, blames Japan for tension

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 20:19

China warned North Korea it would not tolerate chaos on its doorstep, while blaming Japan for the tension between Asia`s two largest economies.

Shinzo Abe issues fresh warning to China for activity on disputed Senkaku islands

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 14:18

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has issued a fresh warning to China against its increasing maritime activities near the disputed Senkaku Island in the East China Sea.

Japan ready to confront China, says PM Shinzo Abe

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 22:35

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the country is set to stand up to China as Beijing threatened dire consequences, if provoked.

Japan takes issue with Google maps over islands: Reports

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 18:58

Japan has asked local authorities and state-run universities not to post Google maps on their websites because some of them use non-Japanese names for disputed islands, reports said on Sunday.

John McCain gives it back to Putin, calls him tyrant in Russian op-ed

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 09:53

In a tit-for-tat retort to Vladimir Putin’s op-ed in New York Times, US Senator John McCain wrote a sharp-worded opinion piece in Russian newspaper Pravda, calling the Russian President a tyrant who ruled by repression and corruption and did not “believe in Russians”.

China ships enter disputed waters: Japan coastguard

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 14:09

Chinese coastguard ships sailed into disputed waters at the centre of a bitter row with Tokyo, officials said.

Japan summons China envoy over ships near disputed isles

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 10:09

Tokyo summoned Beijing`s envoy after Chinese government ships entered Japanese territorial waters near disputed Senkaku islands.

New Chinese military game on disputed islands goes viral

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 17:24

A military-backed Chinese video game featuring commando-style attack to capture islands disputed with Japan went viral whipping up patriotism.

Japan to develop marine force to protect its remote islands

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 13:40

Japan has announced plans to create a marine force to carry out pre-emptive self defense strikes on enemy missile sites.

Chinese ships lock horns with Japanese vessels near disputed islands

Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 13:00

Armed Chinese Coast Guard ships are reported to have confronted Japanese patrol vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Saturday.