Japan
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China continues Diaoyu Islands patrol
BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — Three China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels are patrolling in the waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands , the State Oceanic Administration said on Monday. The vessels are CCG 2151, 2113 and 2102. Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-02/17/c_133121584.htm
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Stand With Our Ally in Tokyo
For nearly seven decades, the U.S. alliance with Japan has been the cornerstone of the American-led security order in East Asia. Together, our two countries have helped to usher in an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity in a region formerly identified with persistent conflict and endemic poverty. Working together through the long years of […]
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Japan Prepares For War With China
Japan is now considering future weapon transfers to other Asian countries as it builds alliances for a potential war with China. Soldiers of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force training in Oct. 2008. Earlier today in Okinawa, Japanese officials met with representatives from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to expand […]
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China and Japan: Seven decades of bitterness
A dispute over islands in the East China Sea has inflamed relations between Japan and China for the last two years – but they were tense even before. The BBC’s Mariko Oi visited both countries with a Chinese journalist to find out why the wounds of World War Two refuse to heal. “Do you feel […]
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Kerry Travels to Asia as Japan Moves Closer to Russia, India
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, Diplomatic Relations, East China Sea Dispute, Foreign Policy, India, Japan, John Kerry, Russia, South KoreaU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Asia this week for talks with Chinese and South Korean officials. But he will not be visiting Japan, which is moving closer to Russia and India amid uncertain relations with Washington. Japanese paratroopers are training to defend disputed islands in the East China Sea, as China increases […]
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PH, China twit US general for views
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, Foreign Policy, Herbert Carlisle, Japan, Philippines, USAThe Philippines and China appeared to have found a common ground in taking issue against the commander of the United States air forces in the Pacific, who over the past few days, had criticized both Beijing and Manila on matters related to the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Malacañang shrugged off a statement […]
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East China Sea: What Do China and Japan Really Want?
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, Diaoyu, Diplomatic Relations, East China Sea Dispute, Japan, USAThe diplomatic standoff between China and Japan is drifting in the direction of military conflict. At the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2014, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an explicit analogy between the current Sino-Japanese rivalry and what had happened between Great Britain and Germany before World War I. A coming conflict between China […]
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US vows to defend Japan against China
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, East China Sea Dispute, Japan, Naval Patrols, South China Sea Dispute, USAWashington (AFP) – Secretary of State John Kerry vowed Friday that the United States would defend Japan against attack including over islands claimed by China as tensions boil between the Asian powers. Kerry, who said he would visit China next week, met in Washington with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and reaffirmed the 1960 treaty […]
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US Stresses Commitment to Defend Japan
China, East China Sea Dispute, Japan, John Kerry, Militarization, Mutual Defense, Nine Dash Line, USAWASHINGTON — The United States on Friday stressed its commitment to the defense of Japan and stability in the Asia-Pacific region against a backdrop of increasingly assertive territorial claims by China. After a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Secretary of State John Kerry emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship, which both countries […]
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US tells China to adjust its territorial claims in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, or prove the claims
ADIZ, Air Defense Identification Zone, China, East China Sea Dispute, Gas, Japan, Oil, South China Sea Dispute, USAThe U.S. voiced concern Wednesday that China is gradually asserting control in the disputed South China Sea on the basis of vague territorial claims unsupported by international law. Sharpening U.S. criticism of the rising Asian power, Daniel Russel, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, described in congressional testimony a litany of actions by China […]