East Asia

LONDON (Reuters) - Japan will patiently seek the return of the United States to the trans-Pacific trade pact and will...

LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that 140 individuals would be added to a Russian...

By Tommy Wilkes and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took his appeal for foreign investment...

By Muvija M and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that it would...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he could not accept Moscow's decision to ban him and...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Beijing shut scores of metro stations and bus routes and extended COVID-19 curbs on many public venues...

By Soo-hyang Choi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launch on Wednesday and urged Pyongyang to refrain from...

(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday announced sanctions against 63 Japanese officials, journalists and professors for engaging in what...

By Brenda Goh and Hallie Gu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Some of Shanghai's 25 million people managed to get out on Tuesday...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan announced on Tuesday it was cutting to seven days from 10 mandatory quarantine for all arrivals,...

By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) - China remains committed to playing a constructive role in resolving the North Korea nuclear...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Tuesday said deliveries of shoulder-fired Stinger anti-aircraft missiles could be delayed, saying they...

By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -The leaders of Japan and Thailand announced a new defence agreement on Monday as well...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Monday it was considering alternative weapons options after the United States informed...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's financial hub of Shanghai has reined in COVID transmission risks at the community level, excluding cases...

By Brenda Goh and Min Zhang SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases...

By Martin Quin Pollard and David Stanway BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's capital Beijing closed more businesses and residential compounds on Friday,...

By Yew Lun Tian and Soo-hyang Choi BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) -China has suspended cross-border freight train services with North Korea following...

By Andreas Rinke and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -Germany seeks closer ties with countries that share democratic values in the...