thejapantimes, 7 months ago to Japan

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called for dialogue with China as he seeks to find common ground in opposing the threat and use of nuclear weapons in a message to a forum on Sino-Japanese relations in Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/19/japan/politics/kishida-china-forum/?utm_content=buffer61fab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #fumiokishida #chinajapanrelations #yokokamikawa

thejapantimes, 9 months ago to Japan

Japan’s highly anticipated decision to discharge treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the ocean has caused significant friction with China, damaging the chances of a much-awaited detente. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/31/japan/politics/china-japan-relationship-fukushima-water/?utm_content=buffer26413&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #fukushima #fukushimano1 #chinajapanrelations #trade #china #nuclearenergy #311 #fumiokishida #xijinping #shinzoabe

thejapantimes, 8 months ago to Japan

Japanese-born giant panda Xiang Xiang has been put on public view for the first time since returning to China in February following quarantine and examination. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/10/10/japan/society/japan-panda-china-debut/?utm_content=buffer6fc27&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #chinajapanrelations #animals #uenozoo #xiangxiang

thejapantimes, 8 months ago to China

Apart from like-minded governments in North Korea and Russia, there is little official support for China’s hard-line stance against Japan's Fukushima water release throughout the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2023/09/01/china-fukushima-wastewater/?utm_content=buffer76af3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #editorials #china #fukushima #trade #chinajapanrelations #wastewater #radiation

thejapantimes, 8 months ago to business

Japanese business leaders will visit China in January for the first time since 2019 following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a meeting with top Chinese leaders expected. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/02/economy/japan-business-leaders-china-visit-january/?utm_content=buffer101e4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #economy #chinajapanrelations #china #fukushima #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #keidanren

thejapantimes, 8 months ago to Japan

Japan has appointed a serving government official to act as its de facto defense attache in Taiwan, elevating security ties in a move that is likely to anger China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/12/japan/politics/japan-taiwan-defense-ties-sdf-attache/?utm_content=buffer3d95b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #defense #sdf

thejapantimes, 11 months ago to news

Chinese citizens view Japan and the United States as the least trustworthy nations among 10 global actors and the most likely to engage in military conflict with Beijing in the next decade, a recent survey found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/24/national/chinese-people-low-opinion-japan-u-s/?utm_content=buffer7b235&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #china #us #russia #canada #chinajapanrelations #surveys

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to news

Beijing has imposed blanket radiation testing for all seafood from Japan. The impact on Japanese companies is already happening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/21/national/china-testing-japanese-seafood-affecting/?utm_content=buffer133b0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #china #fukushima #radiation #chinajapanrelations #fish

thejapantimes, 8 months ago to Japan

Over 400,000 nuisance calls in total have been made to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing since the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea began in late August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/20/japan/china-fukushima-nuisance-calls/?utm_content=buffer76a36&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #fukushima #radioactivewater

thejapantimes, 8 months ago to Japan

Japan has rebutted Chinese criticism of its discharge of treated water from the meltdown-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/02/japan/politics/china-japan-fukushima-rebuttal/?utm_content=bufferb1ceb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #fukushima #radioactivewater #fukushimano1

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to Japan

With tensions in Northeast Asia escalating into dangerous territory, the leaders of Japan, China and South Korea Monday sought to clear the air and chart a new path forward in their first three-way summit since 2019. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/japan/politics/japan-china-south-korea-summit/ #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #china #southkorea

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to Japan

While the recent trilateral summit between Japan, South Korea and China was aimed at restarting dialogue, it yielded minimal concrete outcomes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/30/japan/japan-south-korea-china-trilateral-summit/ #commentary #japan #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #china #southkorea

thejapantimes, 6 days ago to Japan

Police are looking for a suspect, believed to be a Chinese national, who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo over the weekend after urinating on it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/03/japan/society/yasukuni-shrine-vandalism/ #japan #society #china #yasukunishrine #wwii #chinajapanrelations #history

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to Japan

Local government leaders from Japan and China are interacting with each other actively even as state-level exchanges remain almost halted, amid continuing tensions including over Taiwan and China's ban on seafood imports from Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/japan/japan-china-regional-exchanges/ #japan #chinajapanrelations #toyama #okinawa #fukui

thejapantimes, 18 days ago to Japan

Tokyo said on Wednesday that it had protested “extremely inappropriate remarks” by China’s ambassador to Japan earlier this week, which appeared to insinuate that Japanese people would be “brought into the fire” of conflict over support for self-ruled Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/politics/japan-protest-china-envoy-taiwan-remark/ #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #taiwanjapanrelations #taiwan #china #yoshimasahayashi

thejapantimes, 17 days ago to Japan

The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan are to hold their first trilateral summit in more than four years in Seoul on Sunday and Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-china-summit-date-set/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #fumiokishida #yoonsukyeol #liqiang

thejapantimes, 5 days ago to worldwithoutus

The world on Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, amid growing fears that the deadly event’s memory is being erased by Beijing and overshadowed by the increasingly tense Sino-U.S. rivalry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/asia-pacific/politics/tiananmen-crackdown-35th-anniversary/ #asiapacific #politics #tiananmen #tiananmensquare #china #history #taiwan #laichingte #chinajapanrelations

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to China

Amid heightened tensions between the Washington and Beijing and the alliances of Japan and South Korea with the U.S., no substantive agreements were reached at the trilateral summit in Seoul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2024/05/31/long-neglected-trilateral-resumes/ #editorials #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #china #southkorea

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to Japan

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday asked senior Chinese Communist Party official Liu Jianchao — who is thought close to leader Xi Jinping — that Beijing lift its ban on imports of Japanese fishery products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/29/japan/politics/chinese-official-tokyo/ #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #fish

thejapantimes, 24 days ago to Japan

A former professor at the Hokkaido University of Education has been sentenced to six years in prison on espionage charges in China, sources said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/japan/japan-university-professor-china/ #japan #chinajapanrelations #hokkaidouniversityofeducation #espionage #yuankeqin

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to Japan

Japan has spotted Chinese ships sailing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for a record 158 consecutive days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/japan/senkakus-chinese-ships/ #japan #senkakus #chinajapanrelations #china #disputedislands #japancoastguard #eastchinasea

thejapantimes, 21 days ago to Japan

The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea are considering a plan for a joint statement highlighting economic ties and cooperation in fighting infectious diseases at an expected trilateral summit later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/19/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-china-summit-preview/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #fumiokishida #liqiang #yoonsukyeol

thejapantimes, 15 days ago to Japan

Prime Minister Kishida was set to arrive in Seoul for bilateral talks with South Korean and Chinese leaders ahead of their first trilateral summit since 2019. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/japan/politics/kishida-li-yoon-bilateral-talks/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #southkorea #china #liqiang #fumiokishida #yoonsukyeol #northkorea #missiles

thejapantimes, 21 days ago to Japan

China's Commerce Ministry said Sunday that it has launched anti-dumping probes into some chemical products from Japan, the United States, the European Union and Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/19/japan/china-japan-anti-dumping-probe/ #japan #china #taiwan #polyacetalresin #chinajapanrelations #trade #antidumpingprobes

thejapantimes, 16 days ago to Japan

The first Japan-China-South Korea trilateral summit since 2019 may not conclude with a raft of concrete deliverables, but just holding the meeting on Monday will be an accomplishment in its own right. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/24/japan/politics/china-japan-south-korea-trilateral-preview/ #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #china #southkorea #liqiang #yoonsukyeol #fumiokishida #northkorea #trade #us