1. Tensions Mount Between Japan and China

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    More and more, the dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea is starting [...]

  2. Japan Explores War Scenarios with China

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    As Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party national defense task force announced on Jan. 8 that it would increase the nation’s defense budget by [...]

  3. China, Japan Fated for Conflict?

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    Following is a guest entry from James Hardy, Asia-Pacific editor of Jane's Defence Weekly. The East China Sea has seen [...]

  4. US-Japan Pow Wow on China

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    Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara packed the room at the Center for Strategic and International Studies last week in Washington.  [...]