North Korea wants America to drop demands for disarmament

The talks — the leaders’ first formal summit since March — focused on issues surrounding China, including economic security.

Following his victory Sunday night, Genta Koja said his priorities as Okinawa’s next governor would be on addressing the local economy.

The breakdown of a new alliance reflects deeper problems

For the first time in over 20 years, a majority of South Koreans have an unfavorable opinion of the U.S.

Washington is pressing Seoul to accelerate its $350 billion U.S. investment pledge as Trump calls for scaling back joint military exercises.

The president’s decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea reflects a broader frustration with the country over investment pledges, military spending and its response to the Iran war.

America’s president derails military exercises with South Korea

Those paying respects included Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi — a regular visitor — and economic security minister Kimi Onoda.

The omission of the term stood in stark contrast to her immediate predecessor Shigeru Ishiba, while the inclusion of the term “Indo-Pacific” highlighted her foreign policy agenda.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has doubled down on his military and strategic alliance with Vladimir Putin and the Russian regime, betting that this

Kim Jong Un’s strategic calculus toward the North Korea-Russia partnership depends on the outcome of the war in Ukraine and its economic and political impact on Russia.

They basically already agreed to these demands once before.

Public support for a female emperor tops 60%, but Japan’s political class remains firmly attached to male-only succession.

New surveys show rising distrust of Washington in South Korea and Japan as America First policies strain alliances, even as security reliance remains strong.

Unlike previous leaders, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi again described the government’s current position, without making an explicit commitment about the future of the principles.

HIROSHIMA--Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stopped short of ruling out future revisions to Japan’s non-nuclear weapons policy during her visit here for the Aug. 6 peace memorial ceremony, choosing to le...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wants to raise Japan’s game. But, given her reputation as a pioneer, she is remarkably backward-looking.

미국이 사우디아라비아에 우라늄 농축의 길을 터주는 원자력 협정을 체결했다. 22일 서명된 이 협정에는 앞으로 2년간 검증을 거쳐 타당성이 입증되면 사우디 현지에 미국 기업이 원전용 우라늄 저농축 시설을 지을 수 있도록 하는 내용이 포함됐다고 미 언론은 보도했다. 반면…

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee is asking that Japan further improve signage around Sado Island’s gold mines to reflect the site’s whole history, including the laborers brought from the Korean Penin...

MANILA—In the first thawing of deeply frozen diplomatic ties, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi briefly spoke with his Chinese and Russian counterparts on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit here, altho...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is defending a controversial plan to allow distantly related males to be adopted into Japan’s imperial family by citing historical precedent: two adoptions from the Meiji...

Despite ideological differences at the leader level, South Korea and Japan have deepened their bilateral partnership due to shared challenges against an unpredictable United States and China.

South Korea continues to enhance its military buildup, but there is potential for friction with the United States as the two countries approach defense issues under differing frameworks.

Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi’s remarks come as the government weighs revising the country’s decades-old pledge not to produce, possess or host nuclear arms.

Shared anxieties over an increasingly unpredictable Washington are drawing Japan and South Korea closer, but differing policy stances and wartime history issues are still far from being water under th...

Shared anxieties over an increasingly unpredictable Washington are drawing Japan and South Korea closer, but differing policy stances and wartime history issues are still far from being water under th...

In his first year, South Korea's president foreign policy bought time and leverage by accommodating Washington while steadying ties with Beijing and Tokyo.

For years, U.S. and South Korean officials have described the relationship between their two countries as “ironclad.” They remain allies, but the partnership is more complicated than ever.

White House call for minimum defense budget of 3.5% of GDP is far above what most can achieve anytime soon

An analysis of South Korea's democratic resilience following the December 2024 martial law crisis and its path toward democratic renewal.

Japan is building a 21st-century military, but it is running out of 21st-century citizens to man it.

Lee Jae Myung Urges Trump to Lead North Korea Resolution Trump pledges commitment to Korean peace, praises Lee as strong leader during G7

The meeting came as the grouping reaffirmed its opposition to unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas and across the Taiwan Strait.

So nukes are off the agenda as Xi Jinping heads to Pyongyang

Chinese leader Xi Jinping stressed China's 'firm commitment to safeguarding the shared interests of the two countries' during a rare summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

Kim could seek recognition without giving up his nuclear warheads, and Trump may seek to claim peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Plus: more details about the supplemental budget, the Diet passes intelligence reform, and Japan and the Philippines upgrade their relationship

Despite coming from different ends of the political spectrum – and lingering tensions between their countries – Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are forg...

President Donald Trump’s seeming ambivalence about the value of allies has created a sense of urgency among nations with close U.S. ties.

Iran war interceptor shortages and slow U.S. Patriot production are pushing Gulf states toward South Korea's Cheongung-II — if Seoul can scale capacity.

Despite coming from different ends of the political spectrum – and lingering tensions between their countries – Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are forg...

Warming relations between America and China bode ill for Japan

ANDONG, South Korea—Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung agreed on May 19 to bolster energy cooperation, spurred by growing instability in the Middle East amid the U....

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering visiting South Korea later this month for talks with President Lee Jae Myung, diplomatic sources said Friday.

By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, April 30 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. expert said Thursday that the tr...

The most urgent step is to expedite its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The most urgent step is to expedite its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to boost bilateral cooperation to diversify supply chains for critical minerals such as rare earth elements as China tightens ...

By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, April 1 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesd...