Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea ... United States as part of its post–World War II occupation ...

Beijing has defied Tokyo’s repeated demands to remove a buoy set up within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the East China Sea, leaving the impasse in uncharted waters for about 10 months.

Iwaya and Manalo discussed Beijing's efforts to assert control over the South China Sea, a strategic trade route, as well as Beijing's territorial and sovereign rights claims in the East China Sea ...