TOKYO -- An amendment to Japan's Penal Code to introduce the crime of damaging the national flag with the intent to insult the country is becoming a realistic possibility under Prime Minister Sanae ...

TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A Chinese carrier strike group launched intense air operations near Japan over the weekend as the East Asian neighbours traded diplomatic barbs in an escalating dispute, ...

The American flag should be flown at half-staff Sunday, Dec. 7, for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Flags across Florida and the United States should be flown at half-staff to honor those killed during ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Crises are not new to the Japan-China relationship, but their impact only grows.

When the United States occupied Japan in 1945, it did not conduct an elaborate exercise to unearth the culture of militarism. Washington debated whether to remove the emperor, the central figure in ...

Lily Chen was beyond thrilled to see the Japanese singer she’s been a fan of for two decades, waiting outside with a crowd to enter the Beijing venue on a windy, chilly Wednesday night. Performances ...

Biodiversity markets could play a critical role in advancing river conservation in Japan, though steps must be taken to better assess potential demand, a paper has said. Biodiversity markets could ...

Japan’s beloved Princess Aiko is often cheered like a pop star. During a visit to Nagasaki with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, the sound of her name being screamed by well-wishers along the ...

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies. By David Pierson Reporting from Hong Kong China’s ...

Chinese football fans have condemned club side Brighton & Hove Albion and the Premier League side’s Japanese winger Kaoru Mitoma after a social media post showed him smiling and holding an image of ...

Brighton have been forced to apologise after a post from the club's academy on social media featured an image of a notorious Japanese soldier from World War Two. A post on X showed Japanese forward ...

Millions of Chinese were killed during the brutal fight against Imperial Japanese forces, whose record of massacre, rape and looting still strains relations between Beijing and Tokyo. Brighton & Hove ...