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.
A US military helicopter carrying four people crash-landed in a coastal city south of Tokyo on Monday afternoon, with two of its crew injured.
New Zealand Police said Monday they have made a second major drug haul this month after working with Chinese authorities to break up an Asian trafficking ring.
Ten militants were killed in an Afghan army operation in the country's eastern province of Ghazni overnight.
The United States and Vietnam's joint efforts to overcome legacy of war played a special role in building better relationship between the two countries.
Japan's concerted efforts to escape from the doldrums of decades of deflation and reduce its public debt burden at twice the size of the nation's economy have been packaged into a well-publicized policy initiative spearheaded by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and dubbed "Abenomics".
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday voiced her concerns about growing possibility for reckless provocation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The aunt of Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un appears unscathed after the execution of her powerful husband despite strong speculation that those close to Jang could be purged.
Japan's "checkbook diplomacy" could bounce, alhough it signed aid pacts in order to win support from ASEAN countries in its dispute with China.
The Philippine government needs a total 130 billion pesos (about $2.95 billion) to rehabilitate the communities in the central part of the country devastated by typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Yolanda, President Benigno Aquino III said Sunday.
A Japanese diplomat was stabbed by unknown armed men in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Sunday after he resisted a kidnapping attempt near the Japanese embassy, police sources said.
Myanmar is making strenuous efforts to be a member of Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (EITI), state media quoted Minister of Mines Dr. Myint Aung as saying Sunday.
Two in five victims of the recent Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines were children. While the storm has left the country, the trauma remains.