China responded to Japan's call to set up a maritime communication mechanism by asking the country to show sincerity and hold pragmatic talks with China on related issues.
The UN nuclear watchdog has no guideline for nuclear material supply-demand balance, and all the nuclear material is under the agency's safeguard, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday that China still wants Japan to explain its nuclear stockpile to the world.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is itching to ease his country's weapons export restrictions, a move poised to intensify regional mistrust and escalate international conflicts.
A woman takes pictures of an exhibit of photos documenting Japan's wartime aggression in Seoul, Feb 27, 2014.
A Foreign Ministry leader on Thursday urged Japan's leaders to reflect honestly on Japanese aggression following China's designation of two national days to mark victory in the anti-Japanese war and to commemorate victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
Japan should face up to and reflect on its aggression history and not make critical comments about China's memorial activities, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
There is no reason a priori why China's rise should inevitably result in war. Nor, however, is there any reason a priori why it should not.
37 Chinese citizens filed a lawsuit in a Beijing court demanding Japanese apologies and compensation for forced labor during World War II.
A report from the US Congress blasted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's view on Japan's militarist history, saying his visit to the Yasukuni Shrine has led to mounting mistrust between Tokyo and Washington.
A Chinese spokeswoman on Tuesday hit back at Japanese criticism regarding China's military expansion and demanded Japanese leaders confess to a recent string of controversial moves.
A Chinese spokeswoman on Tuesday urged Japan to stick to the path of peaceful development as the Japanese cabinet plans to ease its self-imposed restrictions on arms exports by not ruling out delivering weapons to nations involved in international conflicts.