China-Japan Relations

Beijing engaged in a sustained display of anger following Prime Minister Takaichi’s remarks that a Chinese naval blockade of Taiwan could be considered an existential threat by Japan.

Japan–China strategic and diplomatic divergences co-exist alongside mutual attempts to steer the bilateral ties towards a positive trajectory.

Chinese policymakers’ distrust of Japan could deepen the political chasm between the two countries, as Japan is at the cusp of a leadership change.

Publisher: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses The Year Book seeks to promote a better understanding of contemporary issues affecting China and their impact on India. This first edition of...

Okinawa prefecture has the potential to be a new factor affecting Japan-China relations, unless the Japanese government can manage local grievances.

Recent developments indicate that the pro-China lobby has turned weak within Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The changed internal party dynamics is likely to immensely help Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio gave a resolute call for pursuing “realism diplomacy for a new era” in his Diet deliberations. How strategically innovative and politically effective will it prove in...

With Chinese unilateral efforts altering the maritime status quo on the one hand and lack of progress on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula on the other, Japan is revisiting its...

Escalation of tension has scarred relations between Japan and China. The fallout of this has been reflected in the trade and economic ties between the two. Stabilizing China-Japan bilateral relations...

There is no doubt that this an audacious foreign policy gambit played by China. Un-named Chinese officials have been quoted in the Chinese press to say that China is willing...