Heavyweights clash as election of hawkish PM Sanae Takaichi and US policy unpredictability change calculus in region

Relations between Tokyo and Beijing have dramatically soured, with nationalist rhetoric in China and an apparent threat of beheading from one of its diplomats.

Japan and China are locked in a diplomatic row after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan could pose a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan. The remark, based on a 2015 security law,

Satellite images from the top-secret Chinese military base at Lop Nur show a new nuclear testing facility, an expanded runway used for a 'space plane' and dozens of mysterious new buildings

Takeuchi, originally from Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, first visited China in 2010 to produce the three-part documentary A Journey to the Yangtze River for Japan's NHK. Fascinated by Chinese society, he has been living in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, since 2013.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday talked up "high-level exchanges" in a call with Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, hinting at a potential meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japan's new premier,

Eighty years after the end of World War II, a harrowing cinematic portrayal of Japanese wartime atrocities during the 1937 Nanking massacre has reignited memories of historical trauma that resonate deeply across China. With its emotionally charged ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are expected to travel to China for the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan. On Wednesday, China will hold one of its largest military parades in ...