Less than 750 kilometres from Taiwan and home to nearly 30,000 US troops, the Japanese islands of Okinawa would play a pivotal role should Beijing order the invasion of Taiwan.

China has overtaken Japan to be noted as the world's largest shipowning nation by value. China holds the top spot thanks to its most valuable bulker and container fleets, valued at $68.4 billion and $63.5 billion, respectively.

China's relations are starting to improvewith Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.

The trip gave the impression that Japan’s relations with China were on the mend. Iwaya indicated that Japan would be open to hosting a Japan-China-South Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in early 2025,

China may be a step closer to reopening its doors to Japanese seafood imports after Beijing signalled it was keen to strengthen trade in food and agricultural products. Meeting his Japanese counterpart Taku Eto in Beijing on Friday,

Canadian investment firm Brookfield Asset Management said on Monday it has closed two real-estate investments in Japan worth a combined $1.6 billion.

The trial of the alleged killer of a boy enrolled in a Japanese school in Shenzhen, China began in the city on Friday, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. "We are aware that the first hearing of the case regarding the murder of Japanese school children in Shenzhen,

The attack took place on the anniversary of an incident in 1931 that triggered war between China and Japan, a sensitive date at a time when diplomatic relations are in danger of deteriorating.

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Bonds from Japan and China are moving in opposite directions, and it may soon create an opportunity not seen in two decades. The spread or the gap between the Japanese 10-year government bond yield and China’s 10-year government bond yields is approaching zero,

As Trump's second administration comes to a start, experts speculate on what it could mean for U.S. relations with Japan and China.

China had protested what it called "close-in reconnaissance" of Chinese territory by the U.S. military in the past.