投稿者: Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies
Leaders of US, India, Japan and Australia meet in Tokyo for Quad summit Beijing claims is an attempt to contain ChinaThe turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has underlined the need for a free Indo-Pacific region, Joe Biden has said at a meet…
Leader accuses officials of inertia as total number of people with reported fever symptoms reaches 1.72 millionNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has criticised his country’s response to its first officially confirmed Covid-19 outbreak as “immature”, accu…
Regime has said it is imposing ‘maximum emergency measures’ and 187,800 people are being ‘isolated and treated’ after showing signs of feverNorth Korea has announced its first Covid-19 death amid an “explosive” outbreak of fever, state media said on Fr…
Tesla boss responds to data showing population fell by record 644,000 last year – the 11th straight year of declineElon Musk has warned that Japan will “cease to exist” unless it addresses its falling birthrate, sparking calls for the country to allow …
Warning points to a rise in tensions on the peninsula after the North conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in five yearsThe influential sister of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has said the country’s nuclear forces would “ann…
Japan calls testing ‘unforgivable’ as regime fires one of biggest missiles for first time since 2017North Korea has launched what is thought to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile to date, in a dramatic return to long-range testing that m…
Contest between People Power party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and Democratic party rival Lee Jae-myung too close to callExit polls in South Korea showed the two main contenders in the presidential election neck and neck, after a campaign overshadowed by p…
Kim Boo-kyum says pandemic is at a ‘manageable level’ and sharp rise in cases should not be as feared as it once wasSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea’s prime minister has called for calm after a record number of Covid-19 cases, amid warnings …
Reports say PM will raise caps on arrivals and shorten quarantine times amid complaints that tough measures were worsening chronic labour shortageSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan is to ease its strict border controls from next month, media reports…
Pictures appear to capture the missile rising from its launcher and a shot looking back down on Earth North Korea has released images it claims show the test-firing this weekend of its biggest missile for several years, as it attempts to use launches …
Analysis: Kim Jong-un’s pressure on Joe Biden has so far elicited only fresh sanctions. Pyongyang has now signalled it may resume nuclear and ICBM testsNorth Korea has already conducted four test launches of ballistic missiles this year, but they could…
Limits on restaurant opening times imposed in Okinawa and parts of Hiroshima and YamaguchiCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan is to introduce limits on bar and restaurant opening times in three areas in an attempt to stem …
Man’s decision raises questions about treatment of defectors in South Korea with many said to face discriminationA North Korean defector who made a daring return to his home country at the weekend had reportedly struggled to build a new life in South K…
Moon Jae-in, her successor, has freed Park from 22-year sentence three months ahead of presidential electionSouth Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye has been pardoned by her successor, Moon Jae-in, in a special amnesty that could influenc…
Rail firm withheld ¥43 (28p) on ‘no work, no pay’ principle, but driver says delay was not his faultA train driver in Japan is suing his employer after it docked ¥43 (28p) from his wages over a one-minute delay that he claims was not his fault.West Jap…