Japan, US, S. Korea push for N. Korea denuclearisation The top diplomats of Japan, the United States and South Korea on Tuesday affirmed close coordination in pushing for North Korea's denuclearisation amid a standstill in negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang.

Việt Nam most promising Asian investment destination in 2020: survey Việt Nam has been tapped by Japanese firms as the most promising place in Asia to invest in 2020, with India and Southeast Asian countries dominating other top spots, Kyodo News cited a survey as showing on Wednesday.

Plane crashes in Kazakhstan, govt says, 9 reported dead

A passenger plane with 100 people on board crashed on Friday shortly after takeoff from Almaty airport in Kazakhstan, the government said.

Japan's jobless rate improves for 1st time in 4 months in Nov ​​​​​​​ Japan's unemployment rate improved for the first time in four months in November, reflecting the country's chronic labor shortage, government data showed on Friday.

Japan ruling party lawmaker to be arrested over alleged bribe-taking Japanese prosecutors have obtained an arrest warrant for a ruling party lawmaker on suspicion of receiving several million yen in a bribe from a Chinese gambling operator, investigative sources said on Wednesday.

Japan's parliament approves trade deal with US Japan's parliament approved a trade deal with the United States on Wednesday that cuts tariffs on farm and industrial goods, clearing the way for its entry into force at the beginning of next year.

2,887 days: Abe becomes Japan's longest-serving premier Shinzo Abe entered the history books as Japan's longest-serving premier on Wednesday, but many of his ambitious goals, including a constitutional revision to strengthen the military, appear far from reach.

Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam face severe drought, experts warn Severe to extreme drought is expected to hit the four lower Mekong River Basin countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Việt Nam from now until January, threatening agricultural production, experts warned yesterday.

M7.1 quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck off the eastern part of Indonesia early Friday and local meteorological authorities briefly issued a tsunami warning.

Japan's Hayabusa2 leaves asteroid to return to Earth at end of 2020 Japan's space agency said on Wednesday its Hayabusa2 space probe has departed from an asteroid which it landed on to collect samples and will make its return to Earth in November or December next year.