The Nansei Shoto south-western island chain will be within the theatre of conflict if war were to break out over Taiwan. Read ...

Chinese coastguard vessels began patrols of the contested waters off the Diaoyu Islands on Wednesday, a day after Beijing said ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the latest ...

Beijing and Tokyo have also been working ... Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said he would "refrain from making any prejudiced comments regarding the background and ...

No one is probably more surprised by Japan's rapid growth rate in the October to December quarter than Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Tokyo protested and sought an explanation from Beijing after a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said China acknowledged the airspace violation and assured ...

Beijing will impose a 15 per cent tariff ... top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday. "If circumstances permit, he will visit the United States from February 6-8 and hold ...

“Sending a delegation of Japanese officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics would ... boycott to Kishida and Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi. Both the U.S. and British governments are also ...

He affirmed that Beijing “has always believed that Palestinians governing ... Asked about Trump’s comments, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on Wednesday that his country “will ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Wednesday that Beijing hopes the IAEA will continue to play a constructive role, implement long-term, independent and strict monitoring of the ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the latest intrusion is "a violation of the international law," vowing to respond resolutely to such Chinse actions to defend Japanese territorial waters ...