Soviet troops took control of four islands off Japan's Hokkaido - known in Russia as the ⁠Kurils ⁠and in Japan as the Northern ⁠Territories - at the end ​of World War Two and they have remained in ...

Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has dismissed claims that Tokyo is pursuing “new militarism” and accused China of rapidly expanding its military with limited transparency. China continues ...

For years, the rivalry between China and Japan has been treated as a recurring diplomatic irritant. Historical grievances stemming from Japan’s invasion of China in the early 20th century have always ...

At the U.S.-China summit in September 2026, both leaders spoke of the fact that the United States and China had been allies ...

This report is part of Strategic Japan, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by Japan’s leading foreign policy scholars on key regional and global challenges and the implications for the U ...

Japan boosts defence spending and military cooperation with US, Australia, Philippines China warns against Japanese 'neo-militarism' and alliances Tokyo eases arms export ban and sells warships to ...

RICHARD NIXON’S surprise trip to China to meet Mao Zedong in 1972 came to be known in Japan as a “Nixon shock”. Donald Trump’s choreographed meeting with Xi Jinping was not quite as shocking. But his ...

IntroductionThe revolutionary diplomacy of the Canton and Nanjing governments was centered on the return of leased ...