While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

TOKYO (AP) — Assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was perhaps the most divisive leader in recent Japanese history, infuriating liberals with his revisionist views of history and his dreams of ...

Japan's current account surplus in August fell 4.8 percent from a year earlier to 3.78 trillion yen ($24.9 billion), weighed down by lower returns on foreign investments, the Finance Ministry said ...