Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodian forces on their disputed border on Monday, throwing into question a ceasefire that President Donald Trump helped to broker earlier in the year. The Southeast Asian neighbors blamed each other for starting the latest fighting … Read More
A senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official has arrived in China amid a row over comments Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae made in relation to Taiwan. The director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kanai Masaaki, arrived in … Read More
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wrapped up her first summit talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo on Tuesday, with the new Japanese leader pledging to realize “a new golden age” for their countries’ alliance. Security was tight in the … Read More
Respected figure: Margaret Thatcher. Personal goal: To become Japan’s Iron Lady. It was only after two failed attempts that Sanae Takaichi finally achieved her long-held ambition. In a historic parliamentary vote on 21 October, the 64-year-old was elected Japan’s first … Read More
A section of the Samsen Road in Bangkok, Thailand, collapsed on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 24 A huge sinkhole measuring 98 square feet has opened up on a road in Bangkok, Thailand, disrupting traffic and prompting evacuations. Part of … Read More
The move is seen as an attempt to avoid a split within his governing Liberal Democratic Party, which lost its upper house majority in an election in July. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday, plunging the world’s … Read More
South Korea’s military has shrunk to about 450,000 people – a decline of 20% over the last six years, according to a defence ministry report released by a ruling party lawmaker on Sunday. Authorities say the main reason behind the … Read More
The fighting began on Thursday morning close to the ancient Ta Muen Thom temple, beside the border between Thailand’s Surin province and Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province. Thailand declared martial law in eight districts bordering Cambodia on Friday as a dispute … Read More
The small right-wing populist party Sanseito, which campaigned under the slogan of “Japanese First,” won big in Sunday’s Upper House election, taking 14 seats — the third-most among opposition forces in the poll, after the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan … Read More
SEOUL, June 12 (UPI) — North Korea appears to have stopped broadcasting loud noises towards the South, Seoul’s military said Thursday, one day after South Korea halted its anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker campaign near the demilitarized zone. “Today, there were no areas where North … Read More