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SENKAKUS

JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2013
Japan-Taiwan fishing panel to hold first meeting next week
Members of the joint Japan-Taiwan fishing committee will meet for the first time in Taipei next Tuesday, Tokyo's de facto mission in Taiwan said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2013
China's rift with Japan is open challenge to U.S.
As Chinese maritime vessels continue to enter the Senkaku Islands' waters, there is continued focus on the tense state of Sino-Japanese relations.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2013
Hagel vows defense commitments to Japan, including nuclear umbrella
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday stressed U.S. defense commitments to Japan, including the nuclear umbrella, in the face of growing missile threats from North Korea, while reiterating that Washington is against any action to weaken Japan's administrative control of the disputed Senkaku Islands...
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2013
China officially labels Senkakus a 'core interest'
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced for the first time Friday that China regards the Senkaku Islands a "core interest."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2013
Eight Chinese vessels enter Senkaku area
Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters Tuesday around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2013
Details of new Japan-Taiwan fisheries pact are explained
Government officials met Friday with fishermen in Yilan County on Taiwan's northeast coast to explain the extended fishing access they've been granted by the landmark fisheries agreement Taiwan signed with Japan.
EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2013
A positive step in Senkaku dispute
Japan and Taiwan on Wednesday signed an agreement on fishing rights in the sea near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, claimed by both China and Taiwan. The agreement sets aside the sovereignty issue over the Senkakus and allows Taiwanese trawlers to operate in part of Japan's exclusive...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2013
Japan to let Taiwanese fish near the Senkakus
Tokyo and Taipei conclude a long-awaited fisheries deal that allows Taiwanese trawlers to operate in Japan's exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2013
U.S. warned government against buying Senkaku Islands: Campbell
The United States warned the government not to purchase the Senkaku Islands last fall, former U.S. Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell said in an interview Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 4, 2013
Senkaku row prompts China to demand postponement of summit with Japan, South Korea: sources
China has demanded that a trilateral summit it was slated to attend in late May in Seoul with Japan and South Korea be postponed because of its ongoing dispute over the Japan-held Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2013
Taiwan seeks to fish off Senkakus, not pick sides
Amid the rain that falls almost daily during winter in northern Taiwan, the surrounding East China Sea, normally a striking blue, takes on a heavy, gray hue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2013
Spring Air freezes Japan expansion plans over Senkakus turmoil
Low-cost carrier Spring Airlines is freezing plans to expand to other cities in Japan because the Senkakus dispute is hurting business.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2013
China eager to end isle row, not alter '95 apology: Murayama
Former Prime Minister Murayama reveals that senior Chinese officials recently told him they are eager to peacefully resolve the Senkakus dispute and are 'not seeking hegemony.'
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2013
Most new high school textbooks describe Takeshima, Senkaku Islands as Japanese
The education ministry announces that most of the new textbooks approved for use in high schools starting in April 2014 describe the Senkaku Islands and Takeshima as Japanese possessions.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2013
French firm hit for aiding Chinese ship choppers' ability
Tokyo voices concern to Paris after a French defense contractor sells a copter-stabilization system to China that could help it badger Japan near the Senkaku Islands.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 19, 2013
Finding common ground on the Senkakus dispute
The only realistic way to stabilize Japan-China relations is for both countries to go back to the idea of shelving the Senkaku Islands sovereignty issue.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2013
Three Chinese vessels enter territorial waters near Senkakus
Three Chinese maritime surveillance ships sail inside Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Thursday morning.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2013
Metro government's Senkaku donations gathering dust
The ¥1.48 billion that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government collected in donations to buy and maintain the Senkakus is just lying idle, waiting to be used, after the central government nipped in to snag the disputed islets in September.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2013
Senkaku clash could draw in U.S.: think tank
A Congressional Research Service reports says the United States 'could become directly involved in a military conflict' between Tokyo and Beijing over the Senkaku Islands.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2013
Senkaku showdown taxing forces
The past few months have put the Japan Coast Guard and Air Self-Defense Force to the test, as they defend the nation's territorial waters and airspace around the Senkaku islets in the East China Sea, a flash point for potential military clashes with China.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
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Amid same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings'
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China and Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
The Russian corvette Gromkiy enters the Chinese port of Zhanjiang as part of a joint China-Russia naval exercise on Saturday.
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