US urges China to cease military, diplomatic, economic pressure against TaiwanThe US State Department's Principal Deputy Spokesperson, Vedant Patel, has called on China to initiate a dialogue with Taiwan, stopping its...
G7 vows 'severe costs' for those helping Russia in UkraineEven the warning on offering support to Russia in Ukraine may be read as a message for China, echoing repeated statements from Western offi...
G7 will stand up to 'any coercion' over Taiwan Strait - senior US officialBeijing views Taiwan as Chinese territory and has not renounced the use of force to take the democratically governed island. Taiwan Preside...
Japan PM Kishida evacuated unhurt after explosion at speech: Japan MediaKishida was visiting the Saikazaki port in Wakayama prefecture to cheer his ruling party's candidate in a local election. There was an expl...
G7 diplomats to grapple with Ukraine, China, N. Korea crisesBesides the global hotspots, foreign ministers from Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and the Eu...
G20 environment and energy ministers meet in JapanJapan is of the view that virtuous cycle of environmental protection and growth will be driven by the breakthrough innovations.
Alibaug, Bali, Karuizawa: Asia's Hamptons address where the uber-rich chillHere are five popular havens in Asia where the rich and famous can be rich and famous together.
Japanese Yamazaki whisky sells for $33,000 at BonhamsBottled in 2011 after 50 years spent aging in a Japanese oak cask, the Yamazaki is one of only 150 bottles produced, and sold above its hig...
Prices of quality whisky rise to dizzying levelsOne reason for the surge in prices is that distillers simply can’t react to the increase in demand fast enough because whisky takes so long...
How Japanese single malts beat Scotland's finest whiskyJapan has been quietly scooping up gold medals at world whisky competitions, and in 2012, the 25-year-old Yamazaki beat out 300 of the worl...