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.
The UN and ASEAN need closer ties to form a "bold" plan to address post-2015 ASEAN Community challenges as well as climate change issues.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said here Thursday that the US-led Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) is "a pathway to realize a market befitting the growth center of the 21st century."
US Secretary of State John Kerry assured China's Premier Li Keqiang the United States was committed to resolving a fiscal impasse.
The intelligence agency of the Republic of Korea told lawmakers on Tuesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor at its main nuclear facility, according to two legislators who attended the closed-door briefing session.
Chinese diplomats have expressed deep concern over the misrepresentation by some Japanese politicians of Tokyo's defeat during World War II.
China called on all parties concerned in the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue to remain calm and exercise restraint to create conditions for an early resumption of nuclear talks.
Leaders of the ASEAN agreed to strive for equitable access to social protection and outlined concrete actions to improve the quality, coverage and sustainability of social protection.
Bruneian Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said Wednesday that ASEAN welcomes "ever stronger Japanese involvement" in the 10-nation bloc.
At least one person has been killed and two others injured after a 150-year-old residential building collapsed in the Indian capital Wednesday.
The 23rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off here Wednesday morning, gathering leaders from 10 ASEAN member states.
Joint drills between Japan's Self-Defense Forces and US Marines are slated to be the center of attention in October, at least in the East Asia region.
The ROK's Defense Ministry said that all military forces of the DPRK had been placed on high alert in protest against a scheduled joint maritime drills involving a US aircraft carrier.