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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in her hometown on Tuesday, in a summit ...
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi stunned the world when she declared publicly in the Japanese legislature, that a Taiwan ...
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Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending. The country also is revising a security and defense policy ahead of schedule while facing China’s ...
Like a little treat to wrap up the year, TC Candler has released its 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2025. Published on YouTube on Sunday (Dec 28), the list saw local actors Ayden Sng and Glenn Yong ranked ...
The standoff between Japan and China shows signs of becoming protracted. China has strongly protested Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Nov. 7 response to a question in the Diet, in which she stated ...
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian presided over a regular press conference on December 26. A reporter from a Russian media outlet asked about remarks made by Russian Foreign Ministry ...
TOKYO -- Major political changes dominated the news in both Japan and South Korea in 2025, after elections led to fresh leadership of differing viewpoints on contentious historical issues that gave ...