China coast guard patrolled Japan-held islands almost daily last year as tensions flare

China's Coast Guard organised 134 patrols and deployed 550,000 vessels and 6,000 aircraft around the disputed Senkaku Islands ...

Japan's last pair of pandas have arrived back in China

BANGKOK -- BANGKOK (AP) — Japan's last pair of pandas have returned to China, leaving Japan without the lovable bears for the ...

Japan-born pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrive in China as bilateral ties freeze

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrived in Sichuan province on Wednesday, ...

Japan-born pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrive home in China's Sichuan

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, Jan 28 (Reuters) - China's giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrived safely in Sichuan on Wednesday ...

Chinese Pandas Leave Japanese Zoo

Panda diplomacy has a long history in China, dating back more than 1,300 years. Historical records show that the Empress Wu ...

Fearing China clash, Japan asks fishermen to avoid flashpoint islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a frontline defender of Japan's claims to disputed ...

Russia and China ramp up military surveillance against Japan

Russia and China have regularly dispatched forces to waters and airspace around Japanese territory.

The last two pandas in Japan are leaving for China as ties are strained

Japanese panda fans have seen their beloved pandas return to China over the past decades, but bidding farewell to beloved ...

Japan bids farewell to last giant pandas as pair leave for China

By Tom Bateman TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Japanese panda lovers bid an emotional farewell to the country's last ...

China cancels flights to Japan in move that could swing votes

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to step down if her coalition fails to secure a majority in the February 8 snap election.

Last 2 pandas in Japan are leaving for China as ties are strained

Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo’s Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei ...

Taiwan, China react sharply differently to Japan's Taiwan remarks

China and Taiwan responded in starkly different ways to remarks by Japanese PM Takaichi Sanae on possible intervention in event of Taiwan contingency ...