Japan ranked the lowest among members of the Group of 20 major economies in a 2018 global ranking on representation of women in parliament, coming 165th among 193 countries, an annual report by an international organization shows.
A century after mass protests against Japanese colonial rule in Korea the issue of those who collaborated with Tokyo many of whom later become part of the South Korean elite -- remains hidden in the shadows.
Japan said Tuesday it has lodged a protest over the South Korean foreign minister’s remark at a United Nations meeting that the issue of “comfort women” remains unresolved despite a 2015 bilateral pact designed to settle it.
More than 70 percent of voters in Okinawa rejected a decades-old plan to relocate a U.S. air base within the prefecture in a referendum on Sunday, giving fresh impetus to the Okinawa government's attempt to stop the transfer.
Japan on Friday stepped up its claim to a pair of South Korea-controlled islets amid escalating tensions with its neighbor resulting from disputes over wartime issues.
Family members of Japanese victims of kidnappings by North Korea urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday to convey their hope to resolve the decades-old issue to U.S. President Donald Trump, who will meet with the North's leader Kim Jong Un later this month.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has denied the South Korean Foreign Ministry's account of discussions at a recent bilateral meeting, calling on Seoul for an appropriate response.
Malaysia's hard-line attitude with Singapore over a territorial dispute reflects the often fractious relationship that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had with his peer, the late Lee Kuan Yew, founding father of the city-state.Recent tough stance toward Singapore reflects rocky relations of the past
A Thai party close to ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced Saturday it would backtrack on its nomination of the elder sister of the country's king as a prime ministerial candidate following the monarch's opposition to the selection
Donald Trump's frustration over his campaign to fence off the US-Mexican border spilled into linguistic territory Thursday when the president declared himself fed up with people dancing around what to call his dreamed-of barrier. "Lets just call them WALLS from now on and stop playing political games! A WALL is a WALL!" Trump tweeted.
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