(BGF) - Late last month Xu Xinbo wrote an Op-Ed piece for The New York Times in which he argued that the United States should allow Japan and China to resolve the territorial dispute on their own. U.S. action, such as reaffirming the U.S.-Japan security treaty, Xinbo...

(Photo Credit: AP) (BGF) - According to Reuters, in an article picked up by DNAIndia.com, Japan will host a military exercise from May 10 to May 27. The exercise is designed to provide practice defending an island and will take place on an uninhabited island in...

(Photo Credit: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times) (BGF) - Recently Mark Landler, writing for The New York Times, discussed President Obama's trip to Asia in light of the U.S. relations with China. As Landler notes in the article, President Obama's comments on the...

(Photo Credit: Kyodo News via AP) (BGF) - On April 23, 2014 The New York Times reported on a recent deal, the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, endorsed by the United States, Japan, and China. The Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea is a non-binding protocol that...

(Photo Credit: REUTERS/YUYA SHINO) (BGF) - Writing for Reuters, Linda Sieg and Matt Spetalnick discussed President Obama's recent visit to Tokyo during his trip to Asia. The trip to Tokyo, which was the first time a U.S. president visited Japan since 1996, included...

(Photo Credit: Al Jazeera English) (BGF) - This op-ed, featured in the Washington Post and on Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs' website, discusses the increase in tensions between Japan and China in the context of the dispute...