PM Sanae Takaichi's stance on Taiwan could cause tensions with China to spiral out of hand, writes Kerry Brown.

With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone ...

Diplomatic crises often change the stakes for each, and for the Japanese, the consequences of this crisis are multifaceted.

The use of both international lawfare and historical narrative warfare signals a major, under-recognized shift in China’s ...

China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense ...

The Japanese leader’s candor over Taiwan brought the shared regional stakes out into the open, and the U.S. must stand behind ...

The diplomatic crisis between Tokyo and Beijing is the result of a years-long fundamental shift to the right in Japan - and ...

Weeks into the job, Japan’s new leader has come face-to-face with what it means to cross China’s red line on Taiwan.

China has repeatedly demanded retraction of the original remarks, failing which it has threatened more countermeasures, after ...

WHEN, in her first speech before parliament recently, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi strongly alluded to Japan getting involved militarily in an invasion by China of Taiwan, she did not just ...

Here is a timeline about Taiwan, China, World War Two and its aftermath. 1895 - After being defeated in the First ...

CHINESE warships are massing near Taiwan, as staggeringly clear satellite photos reveal the true strength of the armada. The ...