When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in ...

Diplomatic documents from the early 1990s released Wednesday show US officials were frustrated with Japan's lack of security ...

U.S. congressional heavyweights openly expressed frustration when they met with the visiting Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa ...

North Korea said Japan's ambition for possession of nuclear weapons should be "thoroughly curbed," state media KCNA reported ...

A meeting between the leaders in January would come as relations between Tokyo and Seoul remain stable after a warming of ...

Foreign Affairs published an essay last month arguing that" nuclear armament by Canada, Germany and Japan could stabilize the ...

Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Russian, Chinese planes entered its air defence zone during the joint exercise.

TOKYO -- Major political changes dominated the news in both Japan and South Korea in 2025, after elections led to fresh leadership of differing viewpoints on contentious historical issues that gave ...

Choosing between Japan and South Korea for your first East Asian adventure feels a bit like picking between two extraordinarily talented siblings. Both countries dazzle with their mix of ancient ...

The statement comes after an official at Japan’s prime minister’s office said Tokyo should ‘possess nuclear weapons’ ...

Japan and South Korea separately scrambled warplanes after Russian and Chinese jets conducted joint patrols in the skies near the two countries amid intensifying tensions in the region. Chinese and ...

Governments throughout East Asia and the rest of the international system are increasingly agitated about media reports alleging that an anonymous source in the ...