Also part of the equation this week: China's visible pivot to another regional neighbor, South Korea, whose president spent four days in Beijing. Seoul has a bumpy history of its own with Japanese ...

Japan has ramped up its security cooperation with the Philippines in other ways, too, steadily donating vessels and other ...

Gloomy prospects are expected during the Chinese New Year holidays in February. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan and China agreed in June 2008 to cooperate over oil and gas resources in the East China Sea, but negotiations came to a halt two years later due to rising tensions between the two countries.

The two countries are also planning a meeting between their defence ministers by the end of January. Read more at ...

From left to right, Dan Huaicheng, secretary-general of China Arms control and Disarmament Association (CACDA), Luo Qingping, chairman of China Institute of Nuclear Industry Strategy, and Zhao Xuelin, ...