Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday he planned to impose a state of quasi-emergency, meaning...

By Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A distress signal has been detected in an isolated, low-lying group of...

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) on Monday from an airport...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The governors of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures agreed on Monday to request further measures from the central government,...

By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will bring forward COVID-19 vaccination booster shots by as much as two months,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet virtually on Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discuss the...

LIMA (Reuters) - Two people drowned off a beach in northern Peru, the local civil defense authority reported on Sunday,...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea tested a railway-borne missile in its firing drills on Friday, state media...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Several high school students sitting their university entrance exam in Tokyo were wounded on Saturday in an...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands will not send an official diplomatic delegation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics because...

By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Tsunis, a Greek American businessman who fumbled a 2014 Senate hearing to be...

BEIJING (Reuters) -The Chinese port city of Tianjin began a new round of testing of its 14 million residents on...

By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for boosting the country's strategic...

By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea appeared to test-fire a ballistic missile on Tuesday that may...

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will maintain its tight entry restrictions to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant...

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile, Japan's coast guard said on Monday. (Reporting by...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off the east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said. (Reporting...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States has agreed to impose stricter COVID-19 measures at U.S. military bases in Japan, a U.S.-Japan...

By Ju-min Park and David Brunnstrom TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Japan on Friday voiced strong concern about...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan decided on Friday to declare quasi-emergency measures in three regions in order to stem a COVID-19 surge...