By RYO KIYOMIYA/ Staff Writer A Chinese navy Luyang III-class missile destroyer, left, conducts a shooting drill while a Russian navy Steregushchiy-class frigate is seen nearby. (Provided by Defense Ministry) A Chinese missile destroyer …
Workers are seen at the construction site of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed bullet rail project in Mumbai on June 25, 2026. Photo: VCG As Japan and India renew their rifts over India’s first high-speed rail …
The Hoshinoya Nara Prison in Nara on June 23 (Toshiyuki Hayashi) NARA—The historic Nara Prison from the Meiji Era (1868-1912) has at last reopened as a luxury hotel whose proceeds will go toward its conservation. The …
An Air China C919 aircraft Photo: Screenshot from CARNOC.com Air China will begin deploying the domestically developed C919 aircraft on its daily Beijing Capital-Ulan Bator route starting August 12, marking the first routine international …
By AKIHITO OGAWA/ Staff Writer Travelers wait in Terminal 3 of Haneda Airport on July 1, the first day Japan’s increased departure tax of 3,000 yen ($18.50) per person went into effect. (Koichi Ueda) …
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the commissioning ceremony of the new multipurpose destroyer Choe Hyon at Nampho port, North Korea, on June 23, 2026, in this picture released by North …
China and North Korea are celebrating the 65th anniversary of a friendship treaty, but relations between the two countries remain complicated. Chinese vendors sell North Korean and Chinese flags on the boardwalk next to …
···Visits new nuclear material production plant 입력 2026.06.04 14:31 By Kim Won-jin On the 4th, the Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, …
By KENICHI EZAKI/ Staff Writer Fumiko Obinata, left, and Takashi Onishi, both in their 80s, work at Oyaki Village in Ogawa, Nagano Prefecture, on April 17. (Kenichi Ezaki) Five days a week, Fumiko Obinata …
Yoshihiko Isozaki, right, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Diet Affairs Committee in the Upper House, meets with Yoshitaka Saito, his counterpart from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, on July 6. (Takeshi Iwashita) …