Japan received reassurances of continued close ties with its U.S. ally including confirmation that a security treaty covers the disputed Senkaku Islands from new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on ...

A total of 1,161 Chinese maritime patrol ships spent some 333 days around the disputed Senkaku Islands in 2020, according to the ministry's white paper.

This file photos shows a Chinese Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel No. 2302 operating near the Senkaku Islands. Getty Images. All four of the vessels were said to have been equipped with deck ...

A few years ago, no one gave much thought to the barren, generally deserted Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. But today, the tiny islands and rock formations are at the center of an ...

A Letter to the Editor of The Wall Street Journal says a code of conduct, not US support for Japanese claims, is needed to improve multilateral relations in the territorial dispute.

Five tiny uninhabited islands slumber in the Pacific Ocean a short distance from Taiwan, China, and Japan. The Japanese call them the Senkaku Islands. The Chinese call them the Diaoyu Islands ...

The Senkaku Islands are not viewed by Washington as worth getting involved in a shooting war with China over. So, if—and when—China decided to hit Japan over the Senkaku Islands, ...

Tensions erupted over the Senkaku Islands (also known as Diaoyutai Islands) in the East China Sea recently when Japanese activists landed on an island claimed by Japan, Taiwan and China. The ...

January 14, 1895: The Japanese government formally obtains control of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands. Japan asserts the islands were not owned by anyone prior to their occupation while China ...