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Meeting in Tokyo: focus on trade and tensions.

Top diplomats from China, Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday to find joint solutions to security and economic issues in the face of global uncertainties. Despite tensions on key issues such as North Korea and Taiwan, the three countries agreed to accelerate a trilateral summit and intensify cooperation, particularly regarding demographic challenges and free trade.

By Amelie Richter

News

Migration: The number of Japanese living in China declines

The number of Japanese residents in China has fallen below 100,000 – the lowest figure in 20 years. Political tensions and violent attacks against Japanese citizens in China overshadow the lives of migrants.

By Leonardo Pape

Interview

Security: 'Ishiba doesn’t want to directly confront China'

Taiwanese political scientist Wu Rwei-ren is certain that Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will stick to his goal despite the weak result in the parliamentary elections: containing China and supporting Taiwan. In an interview with Table.Briefings, Wu explains why Ishiba's proposal for an Asian NATO is unlikely to be realized.

By Redaktion Table

Feature

Japan: How realistic is the 'Asian NATO'

During the election campaign of the new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, his idea of an Asian NATO received considerable attention. Can the proposal actually be realized?

By Angela Köckritz

Analyse

Indo-Pacific: What the USA and its partners have planned

US Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Defense Austin are deepening America's alliances in the Indo-Pacific. They intend to establish joint military structures with Japan, while Quad plans new initiatives. And it's all about China.

By Michael Radunski

The China-Japan relationship is characterized by hostility, radio silence and, at the same time, close cooperation. In East Asia policy, the China-Japan relationship has a high priority. This is because both countries are the most strategically important and influential states in the Asian region. But also because of the recent shifts in power from the West to the Asian continent.    But the relationship is once again increasingly under a negative light. China's growing global power claims are fueling conflicts between the neighbors. Japan is increasingly concerned about China's behavior in the Indo-Pacific, the human rights situation in Hongkong and its treatment of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang.    From U.S. & EU influence in the Indo-Pacific to technology splits and import boycotts to digital partnerships - all China-Japan news from the Table.editors!