East China Sea islets

Japan urges China to play bigger role in restraining North Korea

Beijing is also suspicious about Tokyo`s stance on the disputed the South China Sea and over self-ruled Taiwan.

May 30, 2017, 09:41 AM IST

South Korea expresses regret as Japan leaders pay tribute to wartime shrine

South Korea expressed deep regret and China`s state-run news agency called on Tokyo to repent its wartime past on Monday after dozens of Japanese lawmakers visited a shrine for war dead, which Seoul and Beijing see as a symbol of Tokyo`s wartime militarism, on the anniversary of Japan`s World War Two defeat.

Aug 15, 2016, 13:58 PM IST