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DISPUTED ISLANDS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2017
China air force chief rips defense white paper, says 'Sea of Japan is not Japan's'
The head of China's air force has blasted a Japanese Defense Ministry white paper critical of Chinese military drills in and over waters near Japan, saying "the Sea of Japan is not Japan's sea."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 9, 2017
Hanoi secures first visit by U.S. carrier since Vietnam War, greater defense cooperation, as tensions build with China
Vietnam has won the promise of a visit from a U.S. aircraft carrier and deeper defense cooperation from the United States, as strains show with China over the disputed South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2017
Meeting between Chinese, Vietnamese ministers canceled amid South China Sea tensions
A scheduled meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Vietnam on the sidelines of a regional gathering was canceled, Chinese Embassy officials said, amid growing tension between the two countries over the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2017
Britain to send warship to South China Sea for freedom of navigation exercises next year
Britain plans to send a warship to the disputed South China Sea next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, a move likely to anger Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2017
Chinese fighter jets intercept U.S. spy plane in latest close encounter between two militaries
Two Chinese J-10 fighter jets have intercepted a U.S. Navy surveillance plane in an "unsafe" and "unprofessional" manner in international airspace over the East China Sea, the Pentagon said Monday, in the latest such incident involving the two militaries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2017
Vietnam says Indonesian Navy shot its fishermen in South China Sea
Indonesia's navy shot and wounded four Vietnamese fishermen aboard a fishing boat in the South China Sea over the weekend, Vietnamese authorities said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 23, 2017
China opens movie theater on disputed island in South China Sea
Chinese soldiers and residents on one the islands the country controls in the contested South China Sea can now visit the cinema after the first movie theater in the strategic waterway opened its doors Saturday, according to state media.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2017
Hypocrisy in the South China Sea
There are no 'innocents' in the South China Sea — only degrees of rationalization.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2017
Chinese Air force conducts 'several' long-range drills near Japan as military tells Tokyo to 'get used to it'
China's air force said Saturday that its warplanes had conducted long-range drills over the Bashi Channel and the Miyako Strait "several times" over the past week, just a day after the country's Defense Ministry told Japan that it should "get used to" the military exercises.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2017
One year after the South China Sea ruling, a deceiving calm
China's basic position remains unchanged, and the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration is at risk of falling into irrelevance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2017
U.S. bombers challenge Beijing with South China Sea flyover
The U.S. has flown two B-1B bombers over the South China Sea, the air force said Friday, part of operations intended to demonstrate Washington's commitment to freedom of navigation in the contested waters and airspace.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 3, 2017
Beijing lambastes U.S. warship patrol in South China Sea as tensions rise over waterway, North Korea
Beijing issued a scathing rebuke Monday of a U.S. warship's patrol a day earlier near a contested island occupied by Chinese troops in the South China Sea — the latest irritant in the two powers' increasingly fraught relationship.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 3, 2017
U.S. warship sails near Chinese-occupied island in disputed South China Sea, angering Beijing
The Pentagon sent a warship near a disputed island in the South China Sea occupied by China on Sunday, U.S. defense officials told The Japan Times, following a series of moves that appeared to highlight the White House's growing frustration with Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2017
Chinese Navy launches most advanced homegrown destroyer
Highlighting its growing naval prowess amid heated disputes in both the South and East China seas, Beijing unveiled its most advanced homegrown destroyer Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said.

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