(First of Two Parts) On September 14, 2012, China dispatched six maritime surveillance cutters to the territorial waters of the Senkaku Islands for the...
On January 11th, the Japanese government confirmed spotting a submerged Chinese submarine near Japan’s territorial waters as it entered the 24 nautical miles (44 km)...
Despite the brief hiatus in tensions between Japan and China over the Senkakus—islands historically owned and administered by Japan but in recent decades claimed by...
Refusing to hide its ambition to take the Japanese sovereign territory of the Senkaku Islands (Okinawa Prefecture), China was not content with just sending Chinese...
As the Moritomo School drama plays out, it is important not to forget that national defense and diplomatic matters still need our attention. In particular, we...
Photo : Japan Coast Guard's vessel crashes with a Chinese vessel at Senkaku. Provided by Hitoshi Nakama, Ishigaki city council member Many foreign journalists often...
Japan has 3 territorial problems with her neighbors: Senkaku Islands, Takeshima, and the Northern Territories. We examine their merits under international law.
Denny Tamaki acknowledged the buoy found northwest of one of the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa, an area where China has aggressively pursued maritime control.
Taking strict sanctions in the event Ukraine is invaded sends a signal to China that it must not disturb the status quo on Taiwan and the...
In a political career spanning almost 50 years, it was Ishihara’s stint as Tokyo’s governor and role in the Senkaku Islands campaign that gained him in...
The sharp rise in the number of joint training is a reaction to China’s increasingly assertive pressure on the Senkaku Islands.
Under the guise of acting as a law enforcement agency, the China Coast Guard may attempt to take over Japan’s Senkaku Islands, other islands in the...