Nov 24, 2025 · China is trying to impose economic costs on Japan for wading into the issue of Taiwan. But experts say the escalating dispute could ultimately hurt China too.

2025 China–Japan diplomatic crisis Relations between China and Japan entered a state of crisis in November 2025, following a dispute over Japan's position on the political status of Taiwan.

Nov 25, 2025 · With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone to try to pry the U.S.-Japan alliance apart.

2 days ago · No end in sight to spat between Japan and China over Taiwan, as neither Tokyo nor Beijing shows signs of backing down.

2 days ago · China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense rivalry mean their economic embrace can never be taken for granted.

Nov 20, 2025 · Weeks into the job, Japan’s new leader has come face-to-face with what it means to cross China’s red line on Taiwan.

3 days ago · Crises are not new to the Japan-China relationship, but their impact only grows.

6 days ago · The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands have long been a source of tension between China and Japan China and Japan's coast guards have given different accounts of a confrontation that occurred near …

Nov 23, 2025 · In the competition between China and Japan, any expansion of military modernization by one party is perceived as a threat by the other.

5 days ago · China and Japan's coast guards have given different accounts of a confrontation that occurred near a group of geopolitically sensitive islands in the East China Sea. China's Coast Guard …