Japan

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's parliament adopted a rare resolution on Tuesday on what it called the "serious human...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist who was governor of Tokyo for more than a decade...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shintaro Ishihara, a fiery nationalist who was governor of Tokyo for more than a decade and set...

By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are hoping for stadium capacities of at...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet formally approved nominating several mines for consideration as world heritage sites...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese trading and pharmaceuticals company Kowa Co Ltd on Monday said that anti-parasite drug ivermectin showed an...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese F-15 jet belonging to the air self-defence force went missing after take-off on Monday, a defence...

TOKYO (Reuters) - United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled a trip to Japan that was originally set for mid-February,...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to Australia in February to meet counterparts...

By David Brunnstrom and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is concerned North Korea's escalating missile tests could be...

By Josh Smith and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea conducted its largest missile test since 2017 on Sunday, sending...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen thanked democratic nations for their support of the island in her Lunar New...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea conducted tests of an upgraded long-range cruise missile and a warhead of a...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday there was still a chance for six-way talks on North Korea...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - The top security adviser of South Korea's ruling party presidential candidate said his team...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it is looking into allegations a regional director in Asia bullied...

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -Nuclear-armed North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, drawing...

(Reuters) - The U.S. government "condemns" North Korea's launch of two ballistic missiles, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday,...

By Rocky Swift and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Two years after Japan locked down its borders to block the...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Ukraine is committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to the current tension with Russia, its ambassador to...