Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over ...

A Finnish beauty queen was stripped of her crown for a gesture mocking Asians. After Finnish lawmakers have copied her, ...

Shigeru Iwasaki, a former head of Japan's Joint Staff, has been serving as a political adviser to Taiwan since March.

A day after news broke that Japan would soon lose its last two giant pandas to China, thousands of fans flocked to Tokyo's ...

The ongoing diplomatic rift between Japan and China has had a muted impact on overall tourist numbers as visitors to Japan ...

Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to ...

Japan risks being without a giant panda on its shores for the first time in more than half a century, as a diplomatic row ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in ...

Japan is taking a greater interest in the United Nations as fears grow that rival nations, including China, are using the ...

China urges Japan to stop testing the bottom line of international justice with its nuclear ambitions, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday. Spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks ...

TOKYO—Popular twin pandas at a Tokyo zoo are set to return to their homeland in China in late January, officials said, leaving Japan without a panda for the first time in about half a century.

When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in ...