TOKYO (Reuters) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that Japan was indispensable in tackling Chinese aggression by helping Washington establish a "credible" deterrence in the region, ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -- South Korea, China and Japan held their first economic dialogue in five years on Sunday, seeking to ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday attended a war memorial service on Iwoto Island in the Pacific as he kicked off his first official visit to Japan, showcasing an ...

BANGKOK -- Within hours of a massive earthquake near Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay, the military State Administration Council that seized power in 2021 stepped out of character by ...

BUDAPEST -- Hungary continues to position itself closer to Russia and China than other European Union countries. It joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1999 and the EU in 2004, but has at ...

TOKYO -- Japanese nonlife insurers are expanding their products and services to help reduce food loss as concerns grow ...

LONDON -- English translations of Japanese novels are becoming best sellers in Britain. Asako Yuzuki's "Butter" has sold ...

(Reuters) -- Brazilian meatpacker JBS announced on Saturday that it will invest US$100 million to build two factories in ...

CHENNAI -- A year ago, Shruti Khanna, a young advertising professional in Bengaluru, southern India, tried a pink gin with ...

Naoshima, a remote island in the Seto Inland Sea between Honshu, Japan's main island, and the island of Shikoku, has become a ...

TOKYO -- Japanese negotiators have struggled to make headway on addressing tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, with ...

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government is considering new tariffs against Chinese imports, shifting from a balanced diplomatic ...