Japan said China is building a 20th structure in a disputed, energy-rich area and called for a return to negotiations.

China’s recent military operations in the South China Sea echo its activities in the East China Sea more than a decade ago with recent diplomatic efforts foreshadowing a similar focus on the ...

Using open-source ship-tracking data, a Newsweek map shows that the Howard O. Lorenzen was underway in Sasebo Bay, located in western Japan, on June 6. It later transited across the East China Sea and ...

Almost half of China's major cities face potentially devastating subsidence, raising the flood risk for tens of millions. A Newsweek map shows the fastest-sinking areas.

China's coast guard confronted Japanese lawmakers in waters claimed by both countries in the East China Sea, China's embassy in Tokyo and Japanese media said on Sunday, the latest in a series of ...

A rocky, uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea has soured relations between Beijing and Tokyo for decades.

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it has confirmed moves by China to install a new structure on the western side of the Japan-China median line in the East China ...

China’s vast territorial claims in the region has reignited opposition from its neighbors, after Beijing this week released a 2023 map showing a “10-dash line” demarcation on the South China ...

China's foreign ministry on Thursday countered Japan's territorial claims over disputed waters in the East China Sea, calling the move a "grave violation" of Chinese sovereignty.

Even its own interests suggest China should seek to quietly de-escalate its East China Sea policy, which is only stiffening Japan’s resolve to oppose what Tokyo sees as Chinese expansionism.

Countries around the East and South China Seas, however, are not taking China’s actions passively. In their own unique ways that reject the notion of a single “One China Sea,” these countries are ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.