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.
Maritime disputes in the South China Sea have worried many countries in the region, yet with solid efforts in the right direction, a potential regional flashpoint may turn out to be a good stepping stone to win-win cooperation.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has brought dramatic change to Japan's political arena since he took office almost a year ago.
The defense ministers of New Zealand and Australia met Wednesday in Auckland to discuss security issues in the Asia-Pacific region and measures to develop defense cooperation.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is leading a delegation to attend the two-day 10th annual Malaysia-Indonesia leaders' consultation in Jakarta from Wednesday.
The defense policy package that Japan's Cabinet approved on Tuesday represents a comprehensive change in Japan's military approach and is a major departure from the country's pacifist stance since World War II.
Led by nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Japanese government approved its first national security strategy Tuesday. Based on it, new defense program guidelines and a mid-term defense buildup plan were adopted.
The Japanese government on Tuesday adopted a new national security strategy and defense policy package spearheaded by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who claimed the latest in a number of defense-boosting measures was to better equip the nation to be a "proactive peacekeeper."
Floods hitting East Java province of Indonesia since last weekend have left four people dead and forced more than 4,000 others to take shelters, a disaster agency official said on Tuesday.
China said on Tuesday its ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea had attended activities to commemorate late DPRK leader Kim Jong-il on the second anniversary of his death.
A Newari woman gets her face painted as a deity before she takes part in a parade to celebrate the Yamari Puni festival in Kathmandu Dec 17, 2013.
China has expressed hope that an upcoming bilateral trade meeting with the United States will lead to relaxed restrictions of technical exports to China and better cooperation on intellectual property protection.
Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday reiterated that she would not resign as anti-government protesters requested.
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