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.
Yuji Miyamoto, adviser to Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former ambassador to China, discussed China-Japan relations during an interview with China Daily before the 9th Beijing-Tokyo Forum scheduled on Oct 26-27.
India must further strengthen economic cooperation with China for the sake of the two major emerging economies' development, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.
The autumn of 2013 is a busy season for China's diplomacy. The successive visits of President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to Central Asian countries and Southeast Asian nations as well as their presence at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), APEC and East Asian summits have demonstrated the top priority that the new generation of Chinese leadership has given to Asia.
In the half year since the inauguration of China's new leadership in March, Xi and Li have on various occasions met with state leaders from nine of the10 ASEAN nations more than 20 times, a high rate of frequency rarely seen between China and countries from other regions.
China on Thursday responded to a Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) statement giving conditions for nuclear disarmament by saying that its reasonable concerns should be addressed in order to properly settle the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
Fishermen try to pull a dead whale shark after it was trapped in a fisherman's net, at Kenjeran beach in Surabaya, East Java province, October 23, 2013.
Twenty-one people were killed, 18 others injured on Thursday as a bus plunged into a ravine in northern Thailand, local media reported.
In the golden rays of sunset, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh enjoyed a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing on Wednesday, hosted by Premier Li Keqiang.
Volunteers and chefs make Bibimbab during The 1st Korean Food Day in central Seoul, Oct 23, 2013.
Afghan police backed by the army and the NATO-led coalition forces have killed four dozen Taliban militants across the country over the past 24 hours.
A international forum on community-based disaster management has been held in Zhejiang province, focusing on how developing countries can increase resilience to disasters.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday hailed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to China as a "landmark" event in bilateral relations.