Vice President Joe Biden held talks in Tokyo Tuesday as Japan expressed confidence of winning fulsome US backing for its opposition to an "extremely dangerous" new Chinese air zone.
US military chiefs insist they will not change their operations despite a move by China to scramble fighter jets to monitor American and Japanese aircraft in Beijing's newly declared air defence zone.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se warned Wednesday that mounting territorial competition could trigger a rapid deterioration of the security situation in Northeast Asia.
China's declaration of an air defence identification zone that includes disputed islands is "profoundly dangerous", Japan's prime minister said Monday, as South Korea weighed into the war of words against Beijing.
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday that Japan does not acknowledge China's establishment of an air defense identification zone over the Japan-controlled Senkaku islets group.
China on Saturday set up an air defense identification zone that overlaps Japan's over the East China Sea, where a set of islands at the center of a territorial row is located.
A delegation from the embassy of Japan embassy, headed by Japanese Ambassador paid a one-hour visit to Iran Mercantile Exchange. During the visit, His Excellency Ambassador Koji Haneda and his associate Mr. Hiroki Suemori met IME officials and discussed possible areas of cooperation.
Four Chinese coastguard ships sailed through disputed waters off Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea Saturday, officials said, as Japan continued a massive drill aimed at bolstering defence of its remote islands.
Inspectors from the UN's nuclear watchdog arrived in Tokyo Wednesday to monitor marine pollution near Fukushima as China demanded Japan provide "accurate" information on how it is handling the crisis.
Beijing's behaviour in its row with Tokyo over disputed islands is jeopardising peace, Japan's defence minister said Tuesday, days after China warned a reported plan to shoot down its drones would constitute "an act of war".
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday left for a three-day trip to Turkey where he is expected to affirm closer bilateral economic cooperation, including Japan's exports of nuclear power reactors, in a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Japan's leader warned China on Sunday against forcibly changing the regional balance of power, as reports said Tokyo had scrambled fighter jets in response to Chinese military aircraft flying near Okinawa.
Asian markets mostly fell Tuesday, with profit-takers moving in after recent gains on the back of Washington's debt deal, as traders avoided big moves ahead of delayed US September jobs data due later in the day.
North Korea on Tuesday warned the United States of a "horrible disaster" and put its troops on alert over a massive joint naval drill involving a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier alongside South Korean and Japanese vessels.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday he would seek talks with leaders of China and South Korea at a regional economic summit in Indonesia despite strained ties.
Japan and the United States will discuss strengthening defences against cyber-attacks, reports said Monday, as Tokyo looks to play a more active role in global security.
Japan went nuclear-free on Monday as it switched off its last operating reactor for an inspection, with no date scheduled for a restart amid strong public hostility to atomic power