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) …
The Senkaku Islands (Asahi Shimbun file photo) BEIJING/TOKYO–China and Japan reported conflicting accounts on Tuesday of a confrontation near the disputed Senkaku Islands involving their coast guards and a Japanese fishing vessel. The waters …
Leaders of Mercosur and guests pose at the end of the Mercosur Summit in Asuncion, Paraguay, on June 30. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) Hoping to ease the burden of soaring prices on households and diversify …
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prior to their summit in New Delhi on July 2. (AP) Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra …
By NAOFUMI ISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, center, speaks during the joint meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy and the Council for Japan’s Growth Strategy at the Prime Minister’s …
By SHO ITO/ Staff Writer Sadami Suzuki, center, a senior executive of the Japan Tea Central Public Interest Incorporated Association, speaks at a press event in Tokyo on May 11. (Sho Ito) Japan’s tea …