As Donald Trump kicks off his second term in office Monday, Seoul is paying close attention to how U.S.-China strategic competition — a key variable in setting the coordinates for Korean diplomacy — will unfold.

By dispatching its foreign minister to the event, Tokyo seems intent on asserting its influence - and avoiding being upstaged by Beijing In a gesture heavy with symbolism, strategy and no small measure of urgency,

Japan and China have agreed to keep communicating over early lifting of China's import ban on Japanese beef. The ban has continued for more than 20 years.

Beijing banned Japanese seafood imports in 2023 following a row over the release of waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto said Friday he had agreed with his Chinese counterpart Han Jun to continue talks on China's resumpt

Japan, the Philippines and the United States vowed to further deepen cooperation under a trilateral arrangement in the face of rising tensions in Asia's waters, the three countries said following a call among their leaders.

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,

Senior Japanese ruling coalition lawmakers met Wednesday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing to deliver a personal letter from

MANILA: Japan and the Philippines vowed on Wednesday (Jan 15) to strengthen security cooperation to counter China's actions in key sea trade routes, amid speculation incoming United States President Donald Trump could scale back security commitments in Asia.

BEIJING--Japan’s Big Three automakers all reported declining new vehicle sales in China, the world’s largest market, in 2024. Sales figures released Jan. 9 showed that Toyota Motor Corp ...

without mentioning Beijing. Japan and the Philippines - bound by bilateral defence treaties with the U.S. - are also both involved in separate territorial disputes with China in the East and South ...

NATO has deepened its links with Japan and three other Indo-Pacific partners, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, though not as part of the military alliance.