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.
Kim Jong Un has inspected a military designing institute in his first public appearance following the execution of his uncle-in-law Jang Song Thaek.
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, beginning a four-day official visit to Vietnam.
Leaders of the Thai protest movement trying to overthrow the government meet the heads of the politically influential armed forces on Saturday to try to persuade them to back their call for reforms and the suspension of the electoral system.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday that China has the full capacity to effectively monitor its Air Defense Identification Zone after South Korea and Japan held a joint search-and-rescue exercise in the East China Sea the day before.
Southeast Asian leaders have already responded with prudence on the first day of the Japan-ASEAN summit in Tokyo.
The execution of the uncle of Kim Jong-un may temporarily affect some co-op projects with China, but economic ties will remain stable, analysts say.
Seventy-two of 77 Chinese nationals who were detained by Philippines' Bureau of Immigrations (BI)last Wednesday in Manila have been released as of Friday afternoon, the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines told Xinhua.
Movie locations used in the blockbuster trilogy The Hobbit, are real, not computer-generated. And to prove it, New Zealand recently unveiled a giant multimedia "book" at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California.
China on Friday responded to the execution of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s Jang Song-Thaek by expressing hope that the country will remain stable.
China on Friday reiterated its firm opposition to arms sales to Taiwan by the United States.
China, Japan and the Republic of Korea will hold a summit to tackle air pollution and promote green industries in Langfang, Hebei province, from Dec 14 to 15.
52 of the 78 Chinese nationals detained by the Philippines were released Thursday evening through the efforts of the Chinese embassy in Manila, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.