Taiwan is demanding justice from the Philippines, after the Filipino coast guard shot and killed a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters that both countries claim. Mainland China is keeping a close eye on the tension, as China has its own territo...

Is China upping the stakes in its territorial dispute with Japan? An editorial in the state-run People's Daily has infuriated Japan by questioning the country's claim to the Ryukyu Islands, the largest of which is Okinawa -- home to 1.2 million Ja...

Military tension is rising in Asia, and not just on the Korean peninsula. A Chinese naval task force has reached the southernmost part of the South China Sea, which it claims as its own -- to the annoyance of neighboring nations. Al Jazeera's Flor...

A territorial dispute has broken out between the Philippines and Malaysia. Sabah is a Malaysian state, but is claimed by the Sultan of Sulu, a hereditary leader in the southern part of the Philippines. LinkAsia's Noel Tarrazona reports that late l...

The territorial row that has prevented Japan and Russia from signing a peace treaty to conclude World War II has flared up again, with Japanese nationalists demanding the return of the Kuril Islands amid claims Russian jets violated Japanese airsp...

Last week's meeting between Japan's New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi and Chinese president Xi Jinping eased tensions in the territorial dispute over an island chain in the East China Sea. But social media users in both countries are still...

The East China Sea islands dispute that many fear could spark war between China and Japan is no longer a two-sided dispute. Taiwan has become increasingly embroiled in the dispute and its coast guard vessels exchanged water cannon fire with their ...

Two Indian soldiers have been killed and one wounded in a reported gunfight with troops from Pakistan in the disputed territory of Kashmir. The body of one of the soldiers was found "badly mutilated" on Indian territory as tensions between the tw...

The peaceful lives of hundreds of Filipino settlers are at risk from the Spratly Islands dispute. The islanders were moved to Thitu Island decades ago to strengthen the Philippines' claim to the South China Sea island chain, which sits on huge amo...

Voting in Japan's general election is underway, with polls predicting a return to power for the conservative Liberal Democratic Party. As voters stew over the country's muddled economy and disaster recovery, territorial disputes with China are fue...