Новости за 03.05.2024

The debate over a revision of Japan's postwar Constitution remains at a standstill as the country marks 77 years since the top law came into effect.

Defense chiefs from Japan, Australia, the Philippines and the U.S. have agreed to further expand military cooperation, and — although “China” was not uttered by the four officials during their first-ever joint news conference Thursday in Hawaii — Beijing’s growing regional assertiveness was clearly at the top of their agenda.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the United Nations’ International Year of the Family (IYF). In the decades since it was proclaimed, demographic shifts, technological transformations, migration, urbanization and climate change have upended societies around the world.

Zay Yar Tun fills his truck with water for delivery to refugees in the parched hills of war-ravaged eastern Myanmar, where a heat wave is adding to the misery of life in displacement camps.

Every country faces a plurality of challenges and competing wishes for the future. Ideally, we would all like to address everything. But scarce resources mean that, in real life, we have to prioritize.

Shipments of Ryukyu awamori, a traditional rice-based spirit from Okinawa Prefecture, have plummeted by more than half in the past 20 years, leading to a sense of crisis in the industry.

South Korea's spy agency said Friday that Pyongyang was plotting "terrorist" attacks targeting Seoul's officials and citizens overseas, with the foreign ministry raising the alert level for diplomatic missions in five countries.

The Wall Street Journal will shift its Asia headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore, it said on Thursday in a letter to staff members.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering expanding the scope of fundraising party ticket buyers whose names must be disclosed through a revision to the political funds control law, sources said Thursday.

Nomura Holdings and Mizuho Financial Group are facing more than $100 million of potential losses tied to a series of failed stock trades made by investment fund All Blue Capital.

Palestinians may be gratified to see American university campuses erupt in outrage over Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, but some in the embattled enclave are also wondering why no similar protests have hit the Arab countries they long viewed as allies.

Nippon Steel has postponed its acquisition of United States Steel until December from an initially planned September due to a U.S. review of the deal, the firm said Friday.

Myanmar's junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it has said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country.

Fourth-grader Ella Araza sat on a tiny plastic box in her Manila slum home, trying to finish her homework before the afternoon sun sent temperatures soaring to unbearable levels.

Deutsche Bank AG plans to double the assets it manages for rich families in Southeast Asia and the Middle East over the next five years, tapping growing ties between ultrarich clans in both regions, the lender’s global private banking head said.

Myanmar’s military staged a coup in 2021, strangling democratic reforms and jailing much of the country’s civilian leadership. Three years on, the Southeast Asian nation is teetering on the brink of failed statehood. Insurgent groups, including pro-democracy forces and ethnic militias, are battling the junta’s soldiers. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, and millions more are displaced.

Earthquake warning smartphone apps have surged in popularity in Taiwan due to high demand from people eager to get a few extra seconds to take cover after more than 1,300 aftershocks rattled the island in the past month following a large temblor.

A court ruling that the Raporo Ainu Nation does not have an Indigenous right to freely catch and sell salmon caught in local rivers presents the Japanese government and the courts with tough questions about what activities count among an Indigenous people's inherent legal rights to preserve and promote their culture and traditions.

It is difficult to appreciate the scale of the demographic troubles facing Japan.

A quarterly magazine that had informed readers about the unknown attractions of the Noto Peninsula in central Japan for over 13 years is set for revival this month, after being halted following a powerful earthquake that struck four months ago.

The crash of two Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters during night training off a remote Tokyo island last month is highly likely to have been caused by human factors, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.

Lodging services using a retired "blue train," or sleeper train, preserved at a railway-themed sightseeing facility in a northeastern Japan town are set to restart Saturday after five years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Zealand is "seriously concerned” about China’s increased interest in the Pacific, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.

Have you prepared your 母の日 (haha no hi, Mother’s Day) gift yet?

Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe for the first time in five years next week in a visit that might expose European divisions over trade with Beijing and how the continent positions itself as a pole between the United States and China.