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.
South Korean and Chinese defense officials will meet Thursday for talks likely to cover the contentious issue of China's establishment of a new air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, which overlaps those of South Korea and Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported Monday.
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.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi headed to Geneva Saturday to join US Secretary of State John Kerry and other top diplomats for talks on Iran's nuclear programme, the government said.
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.
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.
China's Central Military Commission (CMC) on Tuesday issued documents ordering strengthened military inspections in order to unearth corruption and irregularities.
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with Chinese officials on ways to reopen the six-party talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Yonhap News Agency reported from Beijing on Tuesday, citing a diplomatic source.
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".
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.
The United States is "seriously concerned" about NATO ally Turkey's controversial decision to select a Chinese company for its long-range air and missile defence system, the US ambassador said on Thursday.
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.
China will execute a street food vendor who stabbed two urban security officials following a street dispute, a court said Wednesday, provoking outrage online.
China has banned exports to North Korea of technologies and goods that could be used to make missiles and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, the government said, as it moves to comply with UN resolutions.
US companies in China are taking a cautious view of the new Chinese leadership, hoping a key November Communist Party meeting will clear up the outlook for economic reform.