East Asia

Russia has shut down the Nord Stream pipeline that supplies its natural gas to Germany for scheduled maintenance....

The mayor of Kanoya in southern Japan says he has decided to accept the deployment of US unmanned military aircraft at a Self-Defense Forces' base in his city....

US diplomats who knew former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo have remembered him for his leadership and for fostering relationships. Abe was shot and killed on Friday while giving a campaign speech in Nara, Japan....

Russian commanders in Ukraine have claimed they're only hitting targets of military value. But those under their charge have carried out more attacks on civilians. They hit an apartment block in the Donetsk region late Saturday, killing at least 31 pe...

The United Nations says India will likely surpass China as the most populous country in the world in 2023....

Britain's Conservative Party has announced a timetable for its leadership race after Boris Johnson offered to resign as party leader and prime minister....

Investigative officials say the suspect in the shooting death of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo told them that he had been looking for a chance to approach Abe....

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Paris to offer his condolences on the death of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo....

Investigative sources say that the suspect in the shooting death of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo told them that he made up his mind to kill Abe one year ago....

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with Japanese Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi in Tokyo on Tuesday. Sanctions against Russia will likely be one of the topics at the meeting....

Lithuania has tightened its restrictions on railway transport of Russian goods through its territory to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad....

Weather officials say cold air masses over Japan are expected to bring unstable atmospheric conditions to wide areas of the country through Tuesday, with possible localized thunderstorms....

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned ASEAN members not to let themselves be used as...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 6,231 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, more than twice as many as a week ago....

The government of Macao has placed the Chinese special administrative region under lockdown following a surge in coronavirus infections....

A wake for former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was held at a temple in Tokyo Monday evening....

The head of the Japanese government's coronavirus advisory panel has suggested that Japan has entered a seventh wave of coronavirus infections....

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification says the mother of the suspected shooter of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is a member of the group. The religious organization is also known as the Unification Church....

Diplomatic sources say Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te has visited Japan to offer condolences on the death of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo....

Sales of new cars in China are rebounding from the impact of recent coronavirus restrictions. In June, they were up from a year ago for the first time in four months....

The foreign ministers of Japan and Germany have agreed on the importance of strengthening a free and open international order based on the rule of law at a time when the international order is facing challenges....

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu on Monday visited Japan's Embassy in Beijing and signed a book of condolences for former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who was shot dead last week....

Passengers flights from China's capital to Japan have resumed after a hiatus of two years and three months caused by the coronavirus pandemic....

Japan's lovers of Beaujolais Nouveau wine will be paying a lot more for the French tipple this year due to rising import costs....

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and the leader of the junior party in Japan's ruling coalition have agreed to maintain their partnership....

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio says he is resolved to work on amending the Constitution and other priority policy issues pursued by former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who was shot dead last week....

The head of Japan's central bank has reiterated it is sticking with its massive monetary easing policy as the economy continues to face great uncertainty....

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has visited Japan and offered his condolences on the death of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo....

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has visited Japan's liaison office in Taipei to offer condolences over the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo....

A US conservative news website says Donald Trump is considering attending former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's funeral....

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin has visited the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to offer condolences over the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo....

A Russian missile attack on apartment buildings in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk has killed at least 15 people....

Air travelers in Japan heading overseas can expect to pay more for their tickets in coming months. The country's two major airlines are planning to hike their fuel surcharges, blaming surging costs....

Japanese business leaders are welcoming Sunday's Upper House election results. They are urging the administration of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to act boldly to tackle major challenges....

A record 35 women won seats in Japan's Upper House election on Sunday. The previous high of 28 was set in 2016 and matched in 2019....

Major League Baseball star Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Angels has been selected for this year's All-Star Game as a hitter and pitcher for the second year in a row....

Japan's law enforcement authorities say the police officers guarding former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo failed to follow protocol to protect a VIP from a gun attack....

Japan's ruling coalition scored a sweeping victory in Sunday's Upper House election....

Japanese wheelchair tennis star Kunieda Shingo has clinched his first Wimbledon title, completing a Career Golden Slam of all four majors and the Paralympics....

Germany's foreign minister has traveled to the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki, western Japan, stressing her country's commitment to realizing a world without nuclear weapons....

The leader of the Social Democratic Party, Fukushima Mizuho, is projected to retain her seat in the proportional representation segment....

In Japan's Upper House election, a new party, Sanseito, is projected to win a seat for the first time. The party faced its first Diet election. It was formed two years ago....

The South Korean military says North Korea is believed to have fired artillery rounds....

Japan's ruling coalition appears set to expand its pre-election force in the Upper House following Sunday's election....

The NHK decision desk says independent incumbent Iha Yoichi has retained his seat in the Okinawa district....

An independent newcomer, Ototake Hirotada, a writer, could not win a seat in the Tokyo electoral district....

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has pledged to move politics forward with...

NHK's decision desk is now projecting that the ruling coalition will win Sunday's election and increase its presence in the Upper House....

Reiwa Shinsengumi's leader Yamamoto Taro is projected to win a seat in the Tokyo electoral district....

NHK's decision desk is projecting that the new LDP candidate Hoshi Hokuto will win his first seat in Fukushima....