Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.

The trip gave the impression that Japan’s relations with China were on the mend. Iwaya indicated that Japan would be open to ...

Ishiba's eagerness to visit China reflects the strong momentum of warming relations between China and Japan. On Dec 25, the ...

China is also no longer hesitant to send its aircraft carrier group through narrow straits in the southernmost Nansei Islands ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who took office after replacing ... might be delaying ratification to avoid antagonising China, which has opposed the agreement. But this concern is ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday urged US President Joe Biden to address concerns in business circles triggered by his ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday congratulated US President ... to strengthen the bilateral relationship amid China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is visiting Malaysia and Indonesia as part of an effort to strengthen defense and economic ties with Southeast Asia as China's ...

Jiang xueqing / CHINA DAILY China and Japan have markedly intensified their efforts to try and reinvigorate bilateral ties since the Shigeru Ishiba government took office in October, particularly ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his hope of "continuing exchanges between Japan and China at various levels" and reiterated his desire for an early visit to China, as reported by ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to the press at the ... alliance and achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific amid China's growing assertiveness in the region. Noting that the date ...