With Japan’s new leader refusing to back down from China’s show of force and claims on Taiwan, Xi Jinping picks up the phone to try to pry the U.S.-Japan alliance apart.

Beijing is piling heat on Japan’s prime minister in a diplomatic standoff, even appealing to the U.S. — as a fellow World War II victor — to take its side.

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin observe a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat, from Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, on Sept. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) BENXI, China ...

The joint operations between China and Russia combined with threats coming from North Korea pose the greatest threat to global order since World War II, Japan’s defense ministry said in a new document. "The existing order of world peace is being ...

Beijing is flexing its military and economic might to show its displeasure with the Japanese leader’s comments about defending Taiwan. But its aggressive approach risks backfiring.

China stepped up its economic war with Japan on Wednesday as a dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies intensified over a remark by Tokyo's new leader about a Japanese response to any Chinese military move against self-ruled Taiwan.

Weeks into the job, Japan’s new leader has come face-to-face with what it means to cross China’s red line on Taiwan.

Japanese War was the ultimate test between the respective modernisation processes of both Japan and China. The war didn't last for too long, and its aftermath significantly influenced the Russo-Japanese war and Western Imperialism in China.