ISHIGAKI, Japan, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a frontline defender of Japan's claims to disputed ...

Japan no longer has pandas for the first time in half a century. The last pair, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, have returned to China ...

Russia and China have regularly dispatched forces to waters and airspace around Japanese territory.

By Tom Bateman TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Japanese panda lovers bid an emotional farewell to the country's last ...

The chances of getting a replacement are poor, with Tokyo's relations with Beijing at their lowest point in years amid ...

Japanese fans rushed to farewell the country’s last two pandas on Sunday ahead of their return to China, in a departure that ...

Japanese panda fans have seen their beloved pandas return to China over the past decades, but bidding farewell to beloved ...

At least one panda has lived in Japan since the Japanese and Chinese normalized their diplomatic ties in 1972.

China and Taiwan responded in starkly different ways to remarks by Japanese PM Takaichi Sanae on possible intervention in event of Taiwan contingency ...

O n January 25th tearful crowds bade farewell to Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, twin pandas at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo. Some 110,000 people ...

China opens new runway in Micronesia's Yap islands, raising serious U.S. defense concerns in this strategically vital Pacific ...

Two hugely popular pandas are set to depart from a Tokyo zoo for China on Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved ...