A shared mistrust of China is turning Indian and Japanese nationalists into close friends.

As China continues to build up its navy, it is essential that Beijing and Washington continue to develop good military to military lines of communication to prevent accidents.

China’s increased influence in Sri Lanka is bad news for India, which has grown estranged from its neighbor to the south. As India’s favor in Sri Lanka fades, China’s rises. That’s big news for the Asia’s grand geopolitical games.

The South Korean edition of Maxim magazine should just stick to what it’s good at: racy photos of attractive women. When the editors deviate from their bread and butter content, like with the February issue, which features a stunningly insensitive headline, bad things happen.

China attempts to claim disputed islands in the East China Sea with a new strategy: beer can advertising.

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s most right-wing prime minister in years, is set to make a big step forward toward the policy goal he holds near and dear to his heart: changing the country’s decades-old pacifist constitution.

The Chinese Navy has sent its largest landing ship to conduct military exercises in the Indian Ocean to send a message to India. China’s rivals in the Pacific will be watching as well.

Rather than passive-aggressive–and sometimes just aggressive–tit for tat between China and India, the Chinese ambassador to India has chosen a softer tack, penning a couple of soothing op-eds in mainstream Indian newspapers rather than the usual angry rants issued by the foreign office in Beijing.

Something unusual is starting to happen in Vietnam. For the first time, Vietnamese authorities are encouraging public discussion and even celebration of a historic battle with China over disputed islands in the South China Sea. In state-run media, in public demonstrations, and in the daily activities of fishermen, Hanoi is encouraging Vietnamese citizens to confront China in a more aggressive and more prominent way than anything in recent memory.

A mysterious report claiming that China plans to invade an island in the South China Sea that is controlled by the Philippines emerged over the weekend. The report, translated from “Chinese media” and appearing at a site called China Daily Mail, appears to threaten the Filipino forces occupying Pag-asa Island. Pag-asa is known as Zhongye Island in China and Beijing claims the Philippines has illegally occupied it for years. At about a tenth of a square mile, the island is one of the larger ones in the Spratly Island group and is the only one with an airstrip long enough to accommodate larger planes. It has a civilian population of 300 souls.