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.
Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli started an official visit to Singapore on Monday to strengthen ties between China and the Southeast Asian nation.
Three people have been killed in an apartment building fire in the central city of Karaganda, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan said.
Some of the rainwater overflowed from concrete barriers around clusters of tanks on Sunday in Fukushima nuclear power plant was found to have radiation levels above the regulatory limit, Tokyo Electric Power Co said Monday.
China and India will sign a series of bilateral agreements during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.
At least five people were killed and 15 others injured when a blast hit a passenger train in Pakistan's southwest province of Balochistan on Monday morning, local media Geo reported.
The United States has quietly restarted security assistance to Pakistan after freezing much of that aid during a period of strained relations beginning with the 2011 Navy SEAL raid.
China is actively mapping out its "financial diplomacy", underlined by its recent initiatives to launch regional and global development banks, to cast off the drawbacks of the traditional international financial order and to safeguard the stable growth of emerging markets, observers said.
The Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline was completed on Sunday, further diversifying China’s sources of fuel from abroad and ensuring its energy security.
Former Maldives President Nasheed has called for the arrest of incumbent President Waheed on Sunday and appealed for greater assistance from the international community after presidential elections was disrupted.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Bangladesh counterpart Dipu Moni in Beijing on Sunday to push forward the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left New Delhi Sunday for a five-day visit to Russia and China.
Japanese Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Keiji Furuya on Sunday morning paid a visit to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, despite Japan's scratched relations with neighboring countries.