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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 file photo, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. China said Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 it had monitored two unarmed U.S. bombers that flew over the East China Sea in defiance of Beijing's declaration it was exercising greater military control over the area. Tuesday's flight of the B-52 bombers underscored U.S. assertions that it will not comply with Chinese demands that aircraft flying through its newly declared maritime air defense zone identify themselves and accept Chinese instructions. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT

China says it monitored defiant US bomber flights

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ma’s initiative solution to island dispute

By our readers

A B-52 bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. (Image: U.S. Air Force) ** FILE **

U.S. B-52 bombers buzz China’s expanded airspace as dispute with Japan escalates

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A B-52 bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. (Image: U.S. Air Force) ** FILE **

U.S. B-52 bombers buzz China’s expanded airspace as dispute with Japan escalates

The Washington Times

China's President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)

China demands U.S. butt out of island dispute with Japan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

China’s surveillance ship Haijian 15 plies the waters of the East China Sea near islands that are the center of a dispute between China and Japan. (Xinhua news AGENCY via Associated Press)

China sets air defense zone over East China Sea’s disputed islands

Associated Press

A U.S. default "would be a tremendous problem," said Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan-U.S. Business Council, but he added that Japanese business leaders don't think that will happen. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Budget bickering in the U.S. concerns Japanese

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy arrives at the Narita International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Japan hopes the 55-year-old daughter of late President John F. Kennedy will work closely with President Barack Obama to tackle some urgent U.S.-Japan matters, analysts said. (AP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno, Pool)

Caroline Kennedy arrives to take up Tokyo position

By Yuriko Nagano - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

HANSON: America shrugs off its world leader role

By Victor Davis Hanson

A Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. intelligence warily watches for threats to U.S. now that 87 nations possess drones

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ichinose in 3-way tie for lead at Mizuno Classic

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Eagles beat Giants in Game 7 to win Japan Series

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

Hasegawa, Lee share lead in Asia-Pacific Amateur

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

A helmeted man walks past the rubbles and a burning building after a powerful earthquake, the largest in Japan's recorded history, slammed the eastern coasts in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

7.3 earthquake hits off Fukushima region of Japan

Associated Press

Former House Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.) has died. (credit: Gonzaga)

Former House speaker Tom Foley dies at 84

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Caroline Kennedy of New York looks to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a Sept. 19, 2013, hearing on Capitol Hill on her nomination for Ambassador to Japan. (Associated Press)

Caroline Kennedy confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Japan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Landslide survivors offer prayers on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, as the body of a victim is carried by rescue workers from the rubble of houses on Japan's Izu Oshima island that were damaged by landslides after a powerful typhoon. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Typhoon, mudslides kill 17 in Japan; 50 missing

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Vettel looks to clinch F1 title in Japan, again

By CHRIS LINES - Associated Press

World Cup qualifying: Teams chasing Brazil spots

By STEPHEN DOUGLAS and ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

DEMAURA: The creepy business of patent trolls

By Stephen DeMaura