China’s military said late Sunday that a Philippine naval vessel had “illegally entered” the claimed territorial waters of Scarborough Shoal, a key flash point in the disputed South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/asia-pacific/china-philippines-scarborough-shoal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southchinasea #disputedislands #philippines #pla #china
Russia said Monday it had outlawed a Japanese group calling for the return of a disputed island chain annexed by Moscow during World War II, amid simmering tensions with Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/russia-bans-japanese-ngo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russiajapanrelations #russia #disputedislands #northernterritories #ngo
China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/29/asia-pacific/china-bombers-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southchinasea #pla #china #disputedislands #philippines #us #usmilitary
A Chinese military helicopter edged dangerously close to a Philippine government plane on patrol over the flash point Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, an incident witnessed by The Japan Times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-south-china-sea-unsafe-flight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #china #pla #scarboroughshoal
Japan and the Philippines have agreed to establish a high-level framework to help expand defense equipment and technology exports from Tokyo, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani announced during talks with his counterpart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/24/japan/politics/japan-philippine-defense-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #philippines #philippinesjapanrelations #gennakatani #defense #southchinasea #disputedislands #china #sdf #defenseministry
China frequently shifts between warming and freezing relations with Japan, driven by its domestic issues, often using softer rhetoric while masking aggressive actions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/14/japan/are-china-japan-relations-warming/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #chinajapanrelations #senkakus #disputedislands #okinawa #china
Japan is in talks with the Philippines to support its military modernization plans, Tokyo's envoy to Manila has said, as the partners explore new ways to deepen security ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/11/japan/politics/japan-ambassador-philippines-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #philippines #philippinesjapanrelations #china #defense #southchinasea #disputedislands
Japan, the U.S., Australia and the Philippines have held several joint naval patrols in Manila's EEZ. Now, some are calling on Manila to do more as its row with Beijing in the South China Sea heats up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/10/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-coast-guard-joint-patrols-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #china #southchinasea #us #philippinesjapanrelations #defense #disputedislands
Beijing’s demands that Manila remove a U.S. missile system have backfired, as the Philippines' defense chief says his country is now determined to acquire its own midrange missile capability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/06/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-defense-minister-teodoro-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #gilbertoteodoro #defense #philippinesjapanrelations #us #usmilitary #china #pla
In "Gulf of America" renaming, Trump may embolden Beijing, which has used name changes to lay claim over disputed territories in the South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/02/world/us-china-name-changes-toponymics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #southchinasea #philippines #indonesia #vietnam #us #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #defense #security #disputedislands
Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo believes Manila’s ties with the U.S. and Japan will remain robust — despite concerns by some over the threat of a more transactional approach to alliances by Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/02/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-foreign-minister-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #philippinesjapanrelations #china #southchinasea #us #usmilitary #disputedislands #taiwan #enriquemanalo
Amid fears U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could put pressure on its alliance partners, the top Japanese and Philippine diplomats have stressed the importance of "good communication" with the incoming U.S. leader. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/15/japan/politics/japan-philippines-foreign-ministers-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #philippines #philippinesjapanrelations #takeshiiwaya #china #southchinasea #disputedislands #us #donaldtrump
China Coast Guard vessels have been spotted near the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands for a record 353 days this year, as Beijing continues to ramp up its activities near the tiny islets that it also claims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/29/japan/japan-senkakus-china-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #senkakus #disputedislands #eastchinasea
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday the presence of a Russian attack submarine in his country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea was "very worrisome." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/02/asia-pacific/politics/russia-submarine-philippine-eez/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #russia #china #ferdinandmarcosjr
China is stepping up pressure on the Philippines to concede its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, Manila's Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said after meeting his Australian counterpart in Canberra. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/13/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-china-claims-south-china-sea/ #asiapacific #politics #china #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #scarboroughshoal
China reasserted its territories around a flash point reef in the South China Sea on Sunday, two days after the Philippines defined its own sea boundaries in the contested waters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/10/asia-pacific/china-sea-reaffirms-boundaries/ #asiapacific #philippines #china #southchinasea #disputedislands #scarboroughshoal #spratlyislands
China summoned the Philippines' ambassador on Friday to express its objection to two new laws in the Southeast Asian nation asserting maritime rights and sovereignty over disputed areas of the South China Sea, its foreign ministry said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/09/asia-pacific/politics/china-philippines-maritime-laws/ #asiapacific #politics #philippines #china #southchinasea #disputedislands
The U.S. Coast Guard is set to ramp up its activities with Indo-Pacific partners as it plans more combined operations at sea, the agency's regional chief said in an exclusive interview. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/23/asia-pacific/us-coast-guard-indo-pacific-interview/ #asiapacific #indopacific #japancoastguard #uscoastguard #usmilitary #usjapanrelations #china #eastchinasea #southchinasea #philippines #disputedislands
Russia and China blocked a proposed consensus statement for the East Asia Summit drafted by Southeast Asian countries, mainly over objections to language on the contested South China Sea, a U.S. said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/13/asia-pacific/politics/asia-leaders-china-russia-block-statement/ #asiapacific #politics #asean #southeastasia #china #russia #us #southchinasea #disputedislands
Naval and air forces from Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and the U.S. held joint exercises in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday as the Chinese military conducted its own dueling drills in the waterway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/28/asia-pacific/us-japan-partners-china-south-china-sea/ #asiapacific #us #australia #newzealand #philippines #china #southchinasea #pla #scarboroughshoal #disputedislands #defense #msdf
