China's relations are starting to improvewith Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.

By dispatching its foreign minister to the event, Tokyo seems intent on asserting its influence - and avoiding being upstaged by Beijing In a gesture heavy with symbolism, strategy and no small measure of urgency,

Japan, the Philippines and the United States vowed to further deepen cooperation under a trilateral arrangement in the face of rising tensions in Asia's waters, the three countries said following a call among their leaders.

South Korea’s economy expanded 1.2% year on year in the fourth quarter, marking its slowest expansion since the second quarter of 2023.

Beijing banned Japanese seafood imports in 2023 following a row over the release of waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Japan and China have agreed to keep communicating over early lifting of China's import ban on Japanese beef. The ban has continued for more than 20 years.

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto said Friday he had agreed with his Chinese counterpart Han Jun to continue talks on China's resumpt

The trip gave the impression that Japan’s relations with China were on the mend. Iwaya indicated that Japan would be open to hosting a Japan-China-South Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in early 2025,

The Communist Party of China and Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, along with its coalition partner Komeito, agreed on Tuesday to jointly promote the building of a constructive and stable Sino-Japanese relationship that meets the requirements of the new era.

without mentioning Beijing. Japan and the Philippines - bound by bilateral defence treaties with the U.S. - are also both involved in separate territorial disputes with China in the East and South ...

Quad nations sent a clear message to China by opposing any actions that change the status quo by force. They are committed to strengthening a free and open Indo-Pacific with upheld rule of law and sovereignty.

By Rae Wee and Koh Gui Qing SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Asia shares rose on Thursday, helped by a jump in their Chinese counterparts on Beijing's latest measures to shore up its crumbling stock market,