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ABE ECHOES JAPANS PAST WAR APOLOGIES BUT ADDS NONE
But in a potentially contentious break with previous expressions of contrition by Japanese leaders Mr. Abe did not offer a new personal apology of his own... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN IN ICE-BREAKER TALKS
Awkward Relations between China and Japan have long been soured by a row over islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
CLOSE MILITARY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST AT COLD WAR LEVELS
Black Sea encounter On 7 September, the Canadian frigate Toronto was buzzed by a Russian aircraft in the Black Sea with the plane coming within 300 metres... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA SEAL MAJOR FREE TRADE DEAL
Related Stories China and Australia have sealed a major free trade agreement, as Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare address to parliament in Canberra... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA GOES ON WAR FOOTING AGAINST SOUTH KOREA AS DEADLINE LOOMS
North Korea launched four artillery shells into South Korea on Thursday, according to Seoul, in apparent protest against the broadcasts... READ MORE›
OBAMA ON ASIA: INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE JOBS
BEIJING President Obama arrives in Beijing on Monday for a week-long trip to three countries China, Burma and Australia for summits with other world leaders... READ MORE›
U.S. B-52 FLIGHT UPS ANTE IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISPUTE WITH NORTH KOREA
For weeks, North Korea has threatened to attack the U.S. and South Korea for holding joint military drills and for supporting U.N... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN SMOOTH ISLANDS ROW
Related Stories China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IS OPEN TO TALKS WITH ABE
Ties between South Korea and Japan, its former colonizer, have been strained for years, largely over issues rooted in their painful history... READ MORE›
LAW SUGGESTS BROADER CORE INTERESTS FOR CHINA
BEIJING After China enacted a sweeping national security law this week one official said the measure was intended to safeguard the country's core interests... READ MORE›
JAPAN PLANS LARGEST EVER DEFENCE BUDGET TO COUNTER CHINA'S REACH
Japan had been making annual cuts to its defence budget for a decade up to 2013... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA'S NEW TIME ZONE IS PERFECTLY BIZARRE
Frankly, North Korea's proposed time zone change may be bizarre, but time zones all around the world are bizarre, so it fits in fine... READ MORE›
JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE STOPS SHORT OF NEW APOLOGY IN WAR ANNIVERSARY SPEECH
Even so, we Japanese, across generations, must squarely face history... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S ABE AND CHINA'S XI HOLD ICE-BREAKING MEETING AS APEC STARTS
Leaders of China and Japan meet for mini-summit after two years of mounting tension over disputed islands in East China Sea... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA ROCKET LAUNCH: UN TO HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said North Korea is fully aware that multiple UN security council resolutions prohibit the use of ballistic missile technology... READ MORE›
CHINA ENLISTS SQUAD OF TRAINED MONKEYS TO CLEAR SKIES DURING MEMORIAL PARADE
According to Wang Minghzi of China's air force Peoples Liberation Army monkeys have mastered the skills necessary to destroy birds nests... READ MORE›
'INFORMATION ISA THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON AGAINST NORTH KOREA REGIME'
'Information isA the most powerful weapon against North Korea regime'... READ MORE›
BATTLESHIP ISLAND A SYMBOL OF JAPAN'S PROGRESS OR REMINDER OF ITS DARK HISTORY?
Japan seeks Unesco recognition for Hashima island, known as Battleship island, but the bid makes no mention of its history as a site of slave labour... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA TO BAR TOURISTS OVER EBOLA CONCERNS
Other travel agents specialising in tours to North Korea confirmed the news, which they said came through official channels in Pyongyang and Beijing... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA DEFIES U.N. BY FIRING LONG-RANGE ROCKET OVER OKINAWA
The big story is that earlier this week Abe said that if North Korea launch the rocket Japan would shoot it down... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAN RHETORIC IS FULL OF SOUND AND FURY BUT DOESN'T QUITE SIGNIFY WAR
Every work unit and overseas North Korean business has been gathering gifts for the leadership and working strenuously to prepare for this event... READ MORE›
CHINA MARKS JAPAN WWII DEFEAT, SHOWS RISING POWER IN PARADE
China usually holds lavish military parades only every 10 years to mark the anniversary of the founding of the communist People's Republic in 1949... READ MORE›
CHINA 'COVERTLY PROVIDING OIL TO NORTH KOREA'
Without China providing crude oil, the operation of many of North Korea's industrial facilities and vehicles would have been suspended, intelligence sources told Yonhap news agency... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA COMPLETES ROCKET LAUNCH SITE REVAMP, SAYS US THINKTANK
North Korea completes rocket launch site revamp, says US thinktank... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S ABE TO INCLUDE WORD 'APOLOGY' IN SECOND WORLD WAR ANNIVERSARY SPEECH
Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, will include the words apology and aggression in his much-anticipated war anniversary statement later this week according to reports... READ MORE›
BAN KI-MOON REJECTS JAPANESE CRITICISM OF HIM ATTENDING CHINA'S VICTORY DAY
The UN secretary general says it is important to recognise Chinas contribution and sacrifice in the fight against fascism in second world war... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S RESURGENT MILITARY - EXPLAINED IN 60 SECONDS
However, Japan says China now poses a threat to its interests in the East China Sea and that it must boost its military capabilities in response... READ MORE›
OBAMA, PARK SAY NORTH KOREA MUST SHOW WILLING TO GET NUCLEAR DEAL
North Korea said in June its nuclear weapons are an essential deterrence and it has no interest in a deal like that reached with Iran... READ MORE›
NORTH, SOUTH KOREA TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL TALKS TO ADDRESS TENSIONS
Beijing South Korean officials said they would hold high-level talks with their North Korean counterparts in a bid to defuse tensions... READ MORE›
OBAMA IN BEIJING TO ATTEND APEC MEETING
BEIJING President Obama arrives in Beijing on Monday for a week-long trip to three countries China, Burma and Australia for summits with other world leaders... READ MORE›