Chinese policymakers "seem to be ignoring everything they learned” from Japan's 15-year period of economic stagnation, one official warned

Tokyo has sent a defence ministry official to assist a role in Taipei usually undertaken by a sole retired military officer to avoid riling China

Japan joined the US chip war against China on Friday, announcing restrictions on exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment

Japan wants to stop its advanced technology being used for military purposes and does not have a specific country in mind, the country's trade minister said

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the money would be shared around the region by 2030 via private investment, yen loans, aid and grants

Tokyo believes several Chinese balloons have flown over Japan in recent years but warned it is now looking at allowing weapons to be used to gun down such 'unacceptable' intrusions

Japan is a major supplier of machines used to make leading-edge semiconductors that could come under new restrictions

For the whole of 2022, Japan logged a trade deficit of 19.97 trillion yen, the second straight annual shortfall and the biggest in more than four decades

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to meet US President Joe Biden on Friday, with a focus on chip export controls, critical technologies, global economy and joint security issues

The government's five-year tax plan, once unthinkable in pacifist Japan, would make the country the world's third-biggest military spender after the United States and China

The pillars of the new law include protecting sensitive technology, strengthening supply chains for semiconductors and encouraging new tech such as artificial intelligence

Nations also call for end to war in Ukraine, agree change in status quo by force will not be recognized - in Ukraine or South China Sea.