"To provoke trouble in the name of Taiwan is to invite trouble for Japan," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, warning some people in Japan who refuse to reflect on history and secretly collude with Taiwan secessionists,

Ties with Tokyo may be on the mend but Japan should not use Taiwan to stir up trouble in the region, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Friday. While praising “a positive trend of improvement and development” in relations with Tokyo, Wang said there were still people in Japan colluding secretly with the “Taiwan independence” forces.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a press conference on China's foreign policy and external relations on the sidelines of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua)

Japan and its ally, the United States, hold joint military exercises here. Plans are underway to add a new missile unit and expand a small airport and port. All of the buildup has cemented the island as a front line in a potential clash over Taiwan ...

Tokyo should boost its defense budget to 3% of GDP 'as soon as possible,” said Elbridge Colby, Trump's pick for the top policy job at the Pentagon.

A Chinese buoy placed south of Yonaguni Island, Japan's westernmost point located just 111km from Taiwan, is now a simmering cause of diplomatic friction despite earlier signs of warming ties between Asia's two largest economies with a flurry of political and business exchanges.

SBI Holdings is negotiating with South Korea's SK Hynix and Taiwan's UMC about collaboration on a chips plant the financial firm is planning in Japan's Miyagi prefecture, Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported on Friday.

South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita outpaced that of neighbors Japan and Taiwan last year, ranking sixth among countries with populations over 50 million. But the country’s path to reaching the $40,

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The Taiwanese chip giant TSMC’s plan to invest $100 billion in the United States has been met with anxiety and criticism in its home country.

South Korea's gross national income (GNI) per capita surpassed Japan and Taiwan in 2024, ranking sixth among countries with populations of more than 50 million, according to data published Wednesday. The Bank of Korea announced that South Korea's GNI per capita increased 1.2% year-on-year, to $36,624, the Chosun Daily reported.