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Japan PM meets Chinese President in first in-person talks, expresses concerns over Taiwan, South China Sea

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first in-person talks on Friday as part of…

7 days ago

Eight Chinese Navy ships pass close to Japan’s islands in show of strength

<p> A Chinese aircraft carrier and seven other Navy ships, including several destroyers, passed between islands in Japan’s southern Okinawa…

3 years ago

Japan, France agree to beef up cooperation in Indo-Pacific region in bid to contain China

<p> Japan and France decided on Thursday to strengthen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region with tensions over China's muscle flexing…

3 years ago

An alarmed Japan, South Korea report Pyongyang’s second ballistic missile launch into East Sea

<p> The Japanese coast guard has said that North Korea seems to have fired a ballistic missile on Tuesday, the…

3 years ago

Biden clears huge defence budget as race with China hots up

<p> US President Joe Biden has signed the mammoth $777.7 billion military budget after the US Congress cleared the bill…

3 years ago

Japan gives itself another record defence budget amid regional tensions with China

<p> The Japanese cabinet has approved a defence budget of 5.40 trillion yen ($47 billion) for 2022, setting a record…

3 years ago

Japan raises the alarm ahead of Biden-Xi Summit

<p> <strong>Strongly opposing "China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force" in the East and South China Seas,…

3 years ago

Japan monitors Chinese and Russian warships around Hokkaido islands

<p> Military vessels from China and Russia passed through the narrow Tsugaru Strait located between the Japanese islands of Honshu…

3 years ago

Joe Biden assures Japan’s new PM Kishida of support amid rising tensions with China

<p> The new Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida spoke with US President Joe Biden to discuss the rising regional tensions…

3 years ago