Princess Noriko (R), second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, speaks beside fiance Kunimaro Senge at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo May 27, 2014.
India on Wednesday asked the US to stop all commercial activities and shut down a club on its embassy premises in its national capital by January 16.
Myanmar and India have vowed to sort out their differences amicably over a border area that remains to be demarcated.
A deadly fire engulfed three cars of a passenger train early Wednesday, killing nine people as they slept in the latest tragedy to hit India's vast railway network.
Soldiers receive physical training in the snow in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Jan 8.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is to hold elections in March to choose deputies for its legislature.
People wait in long lines to buy train tickets to visit their hometowns during "Seol", the Korean Lunar New Year holidays celebrated on Jan 30 to Feb 1, at a railway station in Seoul, Jan 8, 2014.
Top diplomats from the United States and the Republic of Korea vowed Tuesday to face any threat or provocation by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the Pentagon sent more troops to the ROK.
The Japanese government plans to register as state property around 280 remote islands it sees as being within its territorial waters, a senior minister said.
No European politicians dare to defy world opinion by prostrating themselves before Adolf Hitler and other war criminals, in sharp contrast to Japanese leaders' worship to a controversial war-linked shrine.
The secretariat of Japan's National Security Council was launched on Tuesday to help the country's top defense policymakers coordinate teamwork within and outside Japan.
Even as many Chinese have begun to make travel plans for the Spring Festival holiday, tourism sector insiders said Chinese tourists' interest in Japan remains stagnant due to the two countries' political tensions.
Japan has to rid itself of the "demon" of militarism to regain trust from the international community, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.