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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea appeared to be restarting its 5-megawatt plutonium- producing reactor in the Yongbyon nuclear complex, which houses nuclear facilities such as centrifuges for uranium enrichment.
India unveils its Mars mission space craft on Wednesday, saying the launch of the space craft is likely to happen in late October or early in November.
Japanese enterprises remained optimistic in China's market with more veering towards the service sector from traditional manufacturing as Sino-Japan economic ties cooled down due to disputes over the Diaoyu Islands.
Prosecution in the trial of the horrific gang rape case in the Indian capital last December has demanded death sentence to all four rapists convicted by a fast track court.
The Republic of Korea on Wednesday sent the body of a Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) soldier back to his homeland through the truce village of Panmunjom.
DRPK and ROK have agreed to agreed to fully reopen the Kaesong industrial complex on September 16 after a trial run, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Wednesday.
Barring a change of mind on the part of the Japanese government, the territorial issue surrounding China's Diaoyu Islands seems unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.
China called on parties concerned to further improve their relations so as to create conditions for restarting the Six-Party Talks.
Chinese and US navies participate in a search-and-rescue exercise near Hawaii, Sept 9, 2013.
A year on from Japan's announcement of its plans to "nationalize" China's Diaoyu Islands, political and economic ties between the two countries have weakened, and they will remain weak if Japan continues its stance.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president John Coates will be elected as the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president after his Syrian rival Sami Moudallah withdrew from the vote, local media reported on Tuesday.
Twenty-five militants were killed and eight others were wounded in a series of military operations across Afghanistan since Monday morning, said the country's Interior Ministry on Tuesday.