China is on alert after Japan dispatched fighter jets to airspace over the East China Sea, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Special: Diaoyu Island Dispute Comment: Easing tension over islands
Tokyo's new ambassador to China Monday expressed his country's desire to boost economic links to thaw cooling ties amid tension over the Diaoyu Islands.
China voices expectations for new Japan envoy
Special: Diaoyu Island Dispute Comment: Easing tension over islands
China expects the new Japanese ambassador to play a positive role in improving the strained relationship between the countries.
The East and South China seas have been eventful in 2012 with several of China's neighbors stirring up sovereignty issues. Laudably, China has responded firmly but with restraint.
Japan's incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will send a special envoy to China, media reports said, amid tension over the Diaoyu Islands.Special: Diaoyu Island Dispute Abe acts tough on islands disputes
Japan prides itself on its sense of history. But the lessons of its past remain fundamentally unabsorbed.
With an already fraught Sino-Japanese relationship, Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party's return to power commands concern.
There was "no room for talks" on territorial disputes with China, Shinzo Abe, Japan's next prime minister said after his party won the election.
Ties with China important for Japan: Abe
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Shinzo Abe, leader of Japan's main opposition LDP, said that relations between Japan and China is one of the most important bilateral ties for Japan.
The LDP of Japan won the election, but tension with China will continue if party chief Shinzo Abe follows his hawkish campaign rhetoric, experts said.
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China on Friday said it is necessary to send marine surveillance planes in airspace over the Diaoyu Islands in order to safeguard its sovereignty.
China on Thursday said its marine surveillance plane flying over the Diaoyu Islands was "completely normal."
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