Chinese authorities have been harassing Chinese citizens living in Japan who have engaged in activities Beijing considers subversive, a report by Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The organization's ...

The United States and its allies should form a coalition that can be a sort of NATO to counter China's economic coercion with a unified stance, Washington's envoy to Japan said in an opinion piece ...

Leaders of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations confirmed their commitment to upgrade a bilateral free trade agreement at their meeting Thursday in Laos, while the Philippines raised ...

Japan's newly appointed Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, agreed Wednesday that the two nations will build constructive and stable ties during their first phone ...

Han Kang has won this year's Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday, becoming the first South Korean writer to receive the honor and the first Asian woman to do so. The ...

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Thursday he remains resolved "to resist annexation or encroachment" on Taiwan's contested status as a sovereign entity as he made his first speech to mark the ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in his diplomatic debut on Thursday, expressed eagerness to forge closer ties with ASEAN members while voicing concerns over China's maritime assertiveness ...

A U.S. military helicopter with three crew onboard made an emergency landing Thursday at a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, with no injuries reported, the U.S. Navy said. The ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, meeting for the first time on Thursday in Laos, confirmed the two countries' policy of promoting mutually beneficial ties, the ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday agreed to engage in reciprocal top-level visits and further their cooperation in areas ranging from ...

Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League wants to be the best of the best, drawing national team players from around the world. "We will try to be a league that players worldwide want to join," ...

Japan manager Hirokazu Ibata named Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto and Chunichi Dragons pitcher Hiroto Takahashi to his 28-man roster for November's Premier12 tournament, while omitting the ...