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Ishiba will be the second foreign leader – following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – to meet face-to-face with ...

Experts have dismissed Japan's sovereignty claims over the Diaoyu Islands as unfounded, urging both Japan and China to shelve the dispute and pursue joint development. "As a matter of historical ...

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Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku by the Japanese and the Diaoyu by the Chinese.

China, meanwhile, remains locked in a dispute with Japan over control of the Senkaku Islands, known in China as the Diaoyu Islands, which are thought to possess significant energy reserves.

The islands are also claimed by China, where they are called Diaoyu. "I received this with reassurance as unshakable commitments of the United States to the defense of Japan," Nakatani said in a ...