International Incidents
BRUSSELS - European and Asian leaders opened a formal summit amid high security and palace opulence, hoping to agree on commitments to keep the global financial system on an even keel and find a better balance on the Europe-dominated International Monetary Fund.
BEIJING - China on Thursday released three Japanese detained after allegedly entering a restricted Chinese military zone, as tensions over a maritime dispute began to unwind.
BEIJING - Three Japanese detained after allegedly entering a restricted Chinese military zone were released Thursday, but one was still being held amid simmering tensions after ships collided near disputed islands.
TOKYO - China needs to resolve the case of four Japanese nationals it is holding as the first step toward repairing ties that have been strained over a territorial dispute, Japan's foreign minister Wednesday.
BEIJING - China's increasingly muscular diplomacy may be repelling its Asian neighbors and pushing them closer to the United States, helping fulfill Beijing's fears of being systematically encircled by Washington and its allies, analysts say.
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