Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga formally declared on Thursday a state of emergency in Tokyo, putting restrictions...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have agreed to hold the event without spectators under a COVID-19 state...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rescuers in Japan were searching on Wednesday for 27 people still missing after heavy rain triggered landslides...

(Reuters) - Basketball player Patty Mills will become the first Indigenous Australian to carry the country's flag at the opening...

By Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' top envoy for North Korea spoke with his...

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged political parties worldwide to oppose any country...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday that U.S. President Joe Biden...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Rescuers in Japan waded through mud, rock and splintered wood in search of 24 people still missing...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's deputy prime minister said the country needed to defend Taiwan with the United States if the island...

By Daniel Leussink and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Rescuers in Japan searched on Monday for 80 people believed to be...

(Reuters) - Former Wallabies fullback Israel Folau will return to rugby union next season after agreeing to join Top League...

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) -The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March...

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and allies failed...

By Yuka Obayashi and Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) -Rain hampered Japanese rescuers seeking 20 missing people on Sunday after landslides...

TOKYO (Reuters) -At least two people were feared dead on Saturday after landslides triggered by heavy rains hit the central...

By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - Fighting disease, death and disillusionment, members of South Korea’s rapidly dwindling sisterhood of surviving...

PARIS (Reuters) -French prosecutors have opened an investigation into four fashion retailers suspected of concealing "crimes against humanity" in China's...

By Hyonhee Shin and Swati Pandey SEOUL/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in exchanged letters exploring prospects for a summit with North Korean leader Kim...

(Corrects to make clear event was recorded on June 24 and aired on Monday) By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japan's...