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.
China welcomes Singapore's prime minister who has been caught in a media storm recently for his China-related remarks.
As part of the cultural exchange between China and Pakistan, five Pakistani artists were invited to China for a two-week art tour and exhibited their works made during the trip at the 798 art zone in Beijing on August 23.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong makes an official visit to China from Aug 25-31 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
Close to 1,200 participants throw their hats into the air inside a hangar, in an attempt to set a world record, at an event to promote the city's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
People dance among colored powder at the finish of the Color Run at Centennial Park in Sydney August 25, 2013.
Japan is mulling introducing a new law that will set legal procedures and make it mandatory to gain the Diet's approval before exercising the right of collective self-defense.
The prime minister of Singapore arrived in Beijing on Sunday for his fifth official visit to China amid high expectations from both sides that bilateral ties will be upgraded.
The navies of China and the United States conducted their second joint counter-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday.
Indian police Saturday arrested the third suspect in the gang rape of a 23-year-old photojournalist, as calls remained unabated across the country for tougher measures against rapists.
Second suspect of Mumbai gangrape arrested
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday kicked off his trips to three nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, and Northeast African country Djibouti on energy and security ties with the countries.
The second suspect of the Mumbai gangrape case was arrested by local police and the remaining three are still being hunted, local media CNN-IBN reported Saturday. 22-year-old photojournalist gang raped in Mumbai
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea held talks on Friday on resuming reunions for families separated for decades by the 1950-53 Korean War as they seek to build on a recent easing of cross-border tensions.