Japan was working to analyze Thursday's U.S.-China leaders summit, amid concerns that Beijing could seek to use the meeting to bolster its narrative against Tokyo as Sino-Japanese ties remain chilly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/26/japan/politics/japan-trump-xi-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #uschinarelations #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #xijinping #taiwan #sanaetakaichi
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China pushed back a day after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi urged having the United Nations Charter's anachronistic "enemy state" clauses be scrapped, insisting the provisions remain relevant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/24/japan/politics/enemy-state-clause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #wwii #un
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in New York late Monday night, where she is slated to attend a U.N. General Assembly session. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/22/japan/japan-takaichi-new-york-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #un #newyork #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi used her first speech to the U.N. to call for an overhaul of the body — including removing a label that China has latched onto in its row with Tokyo that refers to Japan as an "enemy state." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/23/japan/politics/japan-takaichi-un-speech-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #history #wwii #un
Access to yttrium has become a flash point in the U.S.-China trade war as Beijing's export controls have disrupted aerospace, energy and defense supply chains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/24/world/us-japan-officials-china-ytrrium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #rareearths #chinajapanrelations
A Chinese marine research ship was spotted within Japan's exclusive economic zone off Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/27/japan/chinese-research-ship-japans-eez/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishigakiisland #china #japan #eez #chinajapanrelations #japancoastguard
China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, said relations with Tokyo must be "normalized," during talks with ex-Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya — the first such meeting since ties plummeted over Taiwan last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/politics/china-foreign-minister-japan-iwaya/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #takeshiiwaya #wangyi #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #defense