Japan Warns About Toxic Smog From China

via Japan Times:

"Authorities will urge residents to stay indoors if the level of toxic smog spreading to Japan from China is expected to exceed twice the maximum limit set by the central government, officials said."

China: Japan Guilty of Smear Campaign

VOA News

 

February 07, 2013 

China has accused Japan of trying to "smear" Beijing's image, after Tokyo alleged a Chinese warship locked its weapons-targeting radar on a Japanese vessel near disputed islands.

 

article

Japan Detains Chinese Fishing Boat

via Reuters:

The boat, registered in Zhejiang province in eastern China, was found in waters near Goto, in Nagasaki prefecture in southern Japan, Xinhua said. The captain was being taken ashore following questioning.

In recent weeks Japanese military planes have scrambled numerous times against Chinese planes approaching airspace over the islands. Chinese planes have also shadowed Japanese planes elsewhere over the East China Sea.

The Chinese fishing fleet are ranging further and further offshore as fishing stocks near the Chinese mainland are depleted. Their presence in Japanese territory and in disputed waters is contributing to friction between the two Asian economic powerhouses, whose maritime borders are not defined.

In a similar case in late December, Japanese authorities stopped a fishing boat registered in the Chinese coastal province of Fujian, and detained its captain.

Japan Trade Suffers with China

TOKYO — Japanese exports tumbled 10.3 percent in the year to September, data showed Monday, the sharpest decline since the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the Bank of Japan cut its outlook for the country’s regional economies amid a dispute with China and weak global demand.

article

Sales plunge as Chinese buyers avoid Japanese cars

Chinese auto buyers avoided buying Japanese car brands last month, plunging auto sales down as much as 41 percent as the political protests over the territorial dispute of the Diaoyu Islands continue to heat up.

China Launches Cyberwar Against Japan

At least 19 Japanese websites, including those of a government ministry, courts and a hospital, have come under cyber attack, apparently from China, police said Wednesday.



Globe and Mail

Japan arrests Chinese activists after landing on disputed isle

Japan to China: Get off my islands! 

China Up, Japan Lower

Rising China Bests a Shrinking Japan

China passed Japan in 2010 to become the world's second-largest economy after the U.S., a historic shift that has drawn mixed emotions in the two Asian powers: resignation tinged with soul-searching in long-stagnant Japan, pride but also caution in an ascendant China wary of shouldering new global responsibilities.


WSJ Article