Hegseth to fly to the Philippines and Japan in first visit to Asian treaty allies at odds with China
A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his ...
China coastguard drives off Japanese fishing boats in escalating island dispute
Tokyo accuses Beijing of stoking tensions after Chinese ships expel four vessels from the vicinity of the Diaoyu Islands.
Don't use China as a hedge against US, Beijing's envoy warns Japan
China's top envoy to Japan has warned Tokyo against using better ties with Beijing as a hedge against uncertainty in its ties with Washington. On the sidelines of the annual "two sessions" in the ...
Taiwan News28d
Former Japanese envoy says China pushed Paraguay to drop Taiwan for COVID jabs
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Former Japanese Ambassador to Paraguay Nakatani Yoshie ... The Paraguayan government firmly rejected this demand. The former ambassador explained that China shifted its pressure ...
China Daily15d
Envoy urges Japan to jointly uphold multilateralism, free trade system
"In the face of serious uncertainties in the current international economic situation, China and Japan also need to work ...
The Taipei Times28d
China pressured Paraguay to switch recognition: former Japanese envoy
Beijing is attempting to influence the Paraguayan government to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, former Japanese ambassador to Paraguay Yoshie Nakatani said in a media interview ...
Japan protests Chinese government statement it says misquoted PM Ishiba
Japan has lodged a protest with China about a statement that misquoted Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's remarks during ...