Summary Japan’s management of its territorial disputes has been pragmatic, with Tokyo opting for diplomatic posturing rather ...

Since fiscal year 2013, when China established an Air Defense Identification Zone over the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, the number of scrambles has exceeded 400 every year.

Japan is strengthening economic security and countering supply risks by deepening its partnership with India in critical ...

While many countries have territorial disputes with their neighbors — in fact, there are at least 150 active disputes ...

The National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty is set to reopen in mid-April following renovations.

YONAGUNI, a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier, has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead ...

By Alimat Aliyeva Japan, the European Union, and five Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, Thailand, and the P ...

NHK has learned that Japan and the European Union will jointly hold a seminar for Southeast Asian coast guard officials on ...

In this Dec. 22, 2025 file photo, a China Coast Guard ship is seen near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. Credit: Japan Coast Guard Once a month, China Coast Guard (CCG ...

Japan is enhancing its standoff defense capabilities to eliminate any enemy forces at a distance and at an early stage.

Early on Feb. 6, two Chinese Coast Guard ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the coast of the Senkaku Islands and came within a few hundred meters of a Japanese fishing boat.

The government will update the museum's displays for the Northern Territories, or the four Russian-controlled northeastern Pacific islands, and the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea to ...