China-Japan tensions
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China holds low-key Nanjing Massacre memorial amid Japan tensions
Doves flew over the site after the ceremony, which was completed in less than half an hour, in front of…
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Japan weighing missile export to Philippines, a move that could test its strained ties with China
TOKYO: Japan is reportedly weighing the export of an air-defence missile system to the Philippines – a potential move that…
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‘Food should have no borders’: China-Japan spat hits Beijing’s Japanese restaurants as cancellations surge
ESCALATING POLITICAL RIFT Beijing – which views self-ruled Taiwan as an inalienable part of its territory under the one-China principle…
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How the Sino-Japanese row is playing out on the ground in China
Benjamin Ho, an assistant professor at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies’ (RSIS) China programme, described the current phase…
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China criticises Japan’s plan to deploy missiles on island near Taiwan
China had responded to her comments with vitriol in state media commentaries, bans on Japanese seafood, a halt in Japanese…
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China takes spat with Japan over Taiwan to UN, vows to defend itself
BEIJING: China has taken its growing dispute with Japan to the United Nations, accusing Tokyo of threatening “an armed intervention”…
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Japan businesses brush off worries over China tourists
TOKYO: Shiina Ito has had fewer Chinese customers at her Tokyo jewellery shop since Beijing issued a travel warning in…
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Japanese restaurant owners in China lament flare-up in diplomatic tensions
Beijing had only recently partially eased restrictions on Japanese seafood that had been imposed due to Tokyo’s decision two years…
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China-Japan diplomatic row: What’s driving Beijing’s anger – and why this time is different
BEIJING: China’s sharp pushback against Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan may point to deeper concerns, analysts say,…
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