Sanae Takaichi is often compared to Margaret Thatcher, but the analogy fails because Japan today is not 1980s Britain and her success depends on pragmatism, not ideology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/10/10/ideology-must-not-guide-takaichi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations #defense #china #southkorea #us

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s likely first female prime minister, will face key diplomatic challenges with the U.S., China and South Korea, while addressing economic and demographic issues, if she is appointed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/08/japan/will-takaichi-be-the-leader-japan-needs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #defense #china #southkorea #us

https://www.alojapan.com/1387071/will-takaichi-become-the-prime-minister-japan-needs/ Will Takaichi become the prime minister Japan needs? #China #ChinaJapanRelations #defense #LDP #SanaeTakaichi #SouthKorea #u.s. #U.S.JapanRelations #VisitJapan Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi emerged victorious in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership contest Saturday, putting her on course to become Japan’s first female prime minister and providing her with an unprecedented opportunity to redefine the country’s internation

Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, who is running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, expressed hopes for dialogue with Chinese leaders over Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/ldp-takaichi-china-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #chinajapanrelations #taiwanjapanrelations

A Chinese survey ship was spotted within Japan's exclusive economic zone off Amami Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/china-ship-in-japans-eez/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #kagoshima #japancoastguard #amamioshima

A delegation of Japanese who were abandoned in China after the end of World War II and later came back to Japan visited China in what would likely be their last trip due to their advanced ages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/ex-japanese-war-orphans-visit-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #wwii

https://www.alojapan.com/1378280/japanese-war-orphans-make-what-is-likely-their-final-trip-to-china/ Japanese war orphans make what is likely their final trip to China #China #ChinaJapanRelations #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #wwii BEIJING – A delegation of Japanese who were abandoned in China after the end of World War II and later came back to Japan visited Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, between Sept. 10 and 14. The trip was organized for the first in six years by a nonprofit organization in Tokyo that

Japan is recalibrating its core foreign policy principles to navigate an assertive China, a transactional U.S. and a shifting regional order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/23/world/japan-foreign-policy-in-uncharted-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #aukus #thequad #asean #indopacific

Japanese citizens in China remain concerned about their safety a year after a 10-year-old boy was stabbed to death on his way to a Japanese school in Shenzhen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/society/china-japanese-boy-stabbing-one-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #chinajapanrelations #stabbings #shenzhen

Guests from China and Taiwan have reportedly clashed at a reception at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Denmark. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/japan/taiwan-china-clash-denmark-reception/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwan #china #taiwanjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations

China’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday offered the latest hint that its third and largest aircraft carrier could soon enter service, after it undergoes further testing and training in the disputed South China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-south-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #aircraftcarriers #pla #southchinasea #taiwan #disputedislands #chinajapanrelations #defense #defenseministry

Japan’s Self-Defense Forces on Thursday spotted for the first time China’s biggest and most advanced aircraft carrier, Fujian, as the vessel sailed in the East China Sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/china-biggest-carrier-spotted-in-east-china-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #fujian #senkakus #aircraftcarriers #sdf

Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is visiting Japan on a "personal" trip, her office said, prompting an angry rebuke from China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/tsai-ing-wen-taiwan-visit-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tsaiingwen #taiwan #china #taiwanjapanrelations #chinajapanrelations

https://www.alojapan.com/1366579/china-complains-as-former-taiwanese-leader-tsai-ing-wen-visits-japan/ China complains as former Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen visits Japan #China #ChinaJapanRelations #Taiwan #TaiwanJapanRelations #TsaiIngWen #VisitJapan Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is visiting Japan, her office said, prompting an angry rebuke from China on Wednesday. The visit to Japan, which does not have official diplomatic relations with Taiwan, was the first known trip to the country by Tsai since she left office in May 2024. In

China’s Foreign Ministry placed sanctions on Hei Seki, a Nippon Ishin no Kai lawmaker in the Upper House, for criticizing Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/china-sanction-hei-seki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #heiseki

China’s massive military parade through Beijing on Wednesday showed off scores of cutting-edge new weapons, with many specifically designed to keep U.S., Japanese and other allied forces at bay in the event of conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/asia-pacific/china-military-parade-weapons-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #sdf #defense #chinajapanrelations #uschinarelations #us #usmilitary #missiles #drones

https://www.alojapan.com/1361238/at-parade-china-shows-off-powerful-new-weaponry-to-keep-rivals-at-bay/ At parade, China shows off powerful new weaponry to keep rivals at bay #China #ChinaJapanRelations #defense #drones #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #missiles #news #PLA #SDF #Taiwan #u.s. #U.S.MILITARY #U.S.ChinaRelations China’s massive military parade through central Beijing on Wednesday showed off scores of new, cutting-edge weapons, with many specifically designed to keep U.S., Japanese and other allied forces at bay in the event of confli

The eldest daughter of a Japanese war orphan left behind in China at the end of World War II and repatriated decades later has opened a nursing car facility that provides support in Chinese. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/japan-aging-left-behind-war-orphans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #chinajapanrelations #elderly #aging #nursingcare

https://www.alojapan.com/1358307/pm-backs-ties-with-china-but-also-japan-in-dispute-with-beijing-india-news/ PM backs ties with China but also Japan in dispute with Beijing | India News #BreakingNews #ChinaJapanRelations #EastChinaSea #GoogleNews #India #IndiaChinaRelations #IndiaNews #IndiaNewsToday #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #NarendraModi #news #SenkakuDiaoyuIslandsDispute #TodayNews PM Modi with Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba; China’s president Xi Jinping PM Narendra Modi set the stage for his meeting with President Xi on Sunday as he said in Toky

Tokyo faces an impossible choice between an unreliable America and an assertive China. The solution? Don’t choose. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/28/japan/a-post-american-indo-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #indopacific #china #us #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump