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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will discuss North Korea's recent missile launches, China and tensions over Taiwan, in meetings with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo next week, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.

SEOUL -- The South Korean government announced Wednesday it will resume visa waivers on Nov. 1 for visitors from eight countries and regions including Japan.

No one could have foreseen that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's popularity would nosedive so soon after the Liberal Democratic Party triumphed in July's election to the Upper House of the Japanese Diet. Until recently, Mr Kishida's government received consistently high approval ratings. But the LDP's links to a controversial…

Worries abound in Okinawa about being dragged into a conflict with China, given the massive U.S. military footprint there.

Thursday: The UK home secretary has been forced to resign after an email indiscretion, throwing Liz Truss’s government into fresh chaos. Plus: how to keep a cake intact on its maiden voyage

In interview with Guardian Australia, Shingo Yamagami also hints Australia is likely to be invited to G7 summit in Hiroshima

A human skeleton, believed to be of a man aged between 60 and 80, was found by a gardener at a theme park in Japan who discovered a skull while pruning a plant

Research from Kyoto University, in Japan, looked at how female dogs can allegedly recognise 'competent' humans and will naturally gravitate towards them when they're in need of help

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels returned to Japan on Tuesday.