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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a “demographic national emergency” and promised to spare no effort in increasing birth rates.

A Boeing 737 returned to Japan’s Fukuoka Airport on Friday, forced to make an emergency landing after an apparent wing flap “irregularity.”

Sens. Josh Hawley, Marco Rubio, and J.D. Vance are demanding Joe Biden block Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation from buying U.S. Steel.

India and Japan responded to comments made by President Joe Biden earlier this week in which he referred to several countries as being “xenophobic.”

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday refused to apologize to Japan after President Joe Biden, 81, called the U.S. ally “xenophobic.”

Immigrants “are what makes us strong,” Joe Biden told a May 1 fundraiser for pro-migration groups in Washington, D.C. 

Japan is “xenophobic,” as well as Russia and China, President Joe Biden, 81, declared Wednesday in an unprecedented statement.

Former President Donald Trump met with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday evening, discussing the relationship between the two countries.

The AUKUS military alliance, whose founding members are Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is reportedly considering Japan as a fourth member.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gave an interview to China’s state-run Global Times on Friday in which the erratic leader trashed the United States as “antagonistic and hostile” and advised his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., to adopt a more conciliatory posture toward China.

President Joe Biden held a summit with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

President Joe Biden hosted visiting Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at a glitzy White House state dinner on Wednesday night, with a host of celebrities and business leaders in attendance.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, is reportedly ready to normalize relations with Israel as a condition of OECD membership.

President Joe Biden insisted on Wednesday that his support for Israel in the aftermath of the unprecedented terrorist assault on October 7 was “ironclad” and his administration would do “all [it] can to protect Israel’s security.”

The White House hosted a state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday evening, which included an array of big names.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Wednesday that the United States would be receiving a gift of more than 200 replacement cherry trees from Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio pledged closer cooperation with the United States on artificial intelligence research.

The Philippines joined the U.S., Japan, and Australia on Sunday for a large-scale joint air and naval exercise in the South China Sea.

Two influential Japanese companies are warning that “social order could collapse” in the new AI era as they call for new laws to restrain the technology.

A new Japanese law identifies loneliness as “an issue for society as a whole” and tasks the government at all levels with providing support.

Taiwan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years during rush hour on Wednesday, with nine dead, 50 missing, and over 800 injuries reported.

The Japanese government said on Tuesday it will resume funding UNRWA despite allegations of Hamas infiltration.

Oppenheimer, the Oscar-winning drama about the father of the atomic bomb, finally screened in Japan with trigger warnings.

The government of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Tuesday relaxed Japan’s export controls on defense equipment.

Nothing to see here. That is the message being broadcast by Japanese schools taking part in the country’s annual spring baseball tournament to safeguard cheerleaders from upskirting pictures being taken by over-interested spectators.

The McDonald’s fast-food chain suffered a worldwide system failure on Friday that knocked out the ordering system in many of its restaurants.

A secret 2022 Chinese government directive called “Document 79″ seeks to “delete America” from the Chinese high-tech market.

TOKYO — Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling Dragon Ball and other popular anime who influenced Japanese comics, has died, his studio said Friday. He was 68.

Japan, Singapore, and South Korea all posted record-low birth rates for 2023, providing the latest evidence that much of Asia is grappling with a severe demographic crisis that will lead to higher costs for social services and reduced manpower for industry in the near future.

A member of the influential Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference suggests lifting all restrictions on family size.

A leader within Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate is accused of trafficking nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium.

Japan’s economy and currency weakened somewhat more than expected in 2023, causing it to slide behind Germany to become the world’s fourth-largest economy.

Kim Yo-jong, the politically influential sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, said on Thursday that her brother might be willing to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, who wishes to discuss the fate of Japanese civilians kidnapped by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, provided Kishida is “respectful.”

The Gunma Prefecture of Japan last week removed a memorial to Korean victims of Imperial Japan’s forced labor policy during World War II.

The Ukraine-born woman recently crowned Miss Japan has relinquished the title after a report alleged that she had an affair with a married man who is an influencer and doctor.

A source in the Japanese government said Chinese hackers leaked classified Japanese diplomatic telegrams in 2020.