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 front-runner for Australia's Sept 7 election would pay Indonesians for unseaworthy boats to stop them from ending up in the hands of people-smugglers, as part of a plan unveiled on Friday.
Thriving Sino-Jamaican relations should not be limited to economic partnerships, but extended to global issues, the visiting Jamaican prime minister said on Friday.
Beijing on Friday denounced Tokyo's ploy of using the media to hype a plan to hold a leaders' meeting on the sidelines of an international summit. 
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US comments on Diaoyu Islands draw fire
China-Japan trade slumps 8.8 percent
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday agreed to hold reunion of families separated by the Korean War (1950-53) for six days from Sept. 25 in Mount Kumgang.
A young photojournalist was gang raped while her male colleague was tied up and beaten in an isolated, overgrown corner of India's business hub of Mumbai, police said Friday.
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday new spots of high radiation had been found near storage tanks holding highly contaminated water.
Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Friday began Red Cross working-level contacts for reunion of families separated by the Korean War (1950-53).
US State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Thursday that the US stance on the Diaoyu Islands is unchanged.
New Zealand's top diplomat assured China of his country's "total and absolute" commitment to food safety on Thursday, following its recent milk powder scandal.
NZ-China ties remain strong: FM
Beijing on Thursday denounced remarks of US Senator John McCain as "irresponsible" after he said China's Diaoyu Islands are "Japanese territory". US says stance unchanged on Diaoyu Islands Special
Beijing slammed US Senator John McCain's remarks on Wednesday, in which he said the Diaoyu Islands are "Japanese territory", as irresponsible.
The relationship between China and New Zealand remains strong despite recent food safety concerns, NZ Foreign Affairs Minister McCully said.
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