Asia-Pacific
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Shenzhen Court Hands Death Penalty to Man for Murder of Japanese Boy
SHENZHEN — A Chinese district court sentenced a man in his 40s to death for murder on Friday over...
January 24, 2025
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Chinese Paper: Treated Water from Fukushima N-plant Has No Abnormalities; CCP-Affiliated Newspaper Reports ‘No Indication’ Water Has Affected Marine Life
BEIJING — Regarding the issue of the discharge of treated water into the ocean from the Fukushima...
January 23, 2025
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Disney’s Pink Fox ‘Linabell’ Wins Chinese Hearts
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — Each week, whenever she has time off from her marketing job, Ida Jia can be ...
January 21, 2025
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Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying Favor with New President
JAKARTA — A free school meal program began this month in Indonesia, with Prime Minister Shigeru I...
January 12, 2025
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North Korea Incited Anti-Japan Activities in South Korea; Court Documents Show Directives to Fuel Protests, Division
SEOUL ― North Korea ordered its spy network in South Korea to incite anti-Japanese activities reg...
January 9, 2025
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Vietnam’s First Subway Opens in Ho Chi Minh City; Japanese Companies And Organizations Supported Development And Operation
HO CHI MINH CITY — Vietnam’s first subway, built with Japanese assistance, opened in Ho Chi Minh ...
January 5, 2025
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South Korea Investigators Unable to Execute Arrest Warrant for President Yoon
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean investigators were unable to execute an arrest warrant on Friday f...
January 3, 2025
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Japanese National Dies in Bangkok Hotel Fire
The fire broke out on Sunday night in a six-story hotel near Khao San Road, one of the busiest pa...
January 2, 2025
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40-Year-Old Chinese Man Indicted on Murder Charges in Deadly Attack on Japanese Student at International School
Chinese authorities have indicted a Chinese man in his 40s, who was previously arrested on murder...
December 29, 2024
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Chinese Man Detained for June Knife Attack against Japanese Indicted in China; Motive, other Details Remain Unexplained
A Chinese man detained for the murder in June of a Chinese woman and attempted murder of a Japane...
December 27, 2024
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Ceremonies Mark 20 Years Since Indian Ocean Tsunami; 230,000 Lives Lost in Quake-Triggered Disaster
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that cla...
December 26, 2024
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China Expanding Influence in Global South, Japan Report Says; Highlights Dangers of China Building Military Base in Mideast
China is expanding its influence in the Global South of emerging and developing countries, includ...
December 18, 2024
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Japan Wary of South Korea’s Possible Foreign Policy Shift; Impeachment May Impact Trilateral Relations With U.S. As Well
Japan will likely have to review its foreign policy strategies now that South Korean President Yo...
December 15, 2024
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Event in China Marks Date of Nanjing Incident; Xi Jinping Absent from Ceremony for Seventh Year
NANJING — With Friday marking 87 years since the 1937 Nanjing Incident by the former Japanese mil...
December 14, 2024
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Chinese Journalist Appeals 7-Year Sentence for Espionage; Detained in 2022 After Meeting With Japanese Diplomat
BEIJING — A veteran journalist with China’s influential Communist Party newspaper on Monday appea...
December 10, 2024
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