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The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that many of the government’s climate change goals are unconstitutional.

The Chinese government has implemented tighter health screening for travelers from Africa, where a new outbreak of monkeypox or “mpox” was recently declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.).

Former President Donald Trump promised to block Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation from buying the United States Steel Corporation.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced on Wednesday he will step down in September rather than seek reelection.

The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.

The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) threatened to pursue “legal action” on Thursday in response to “slanderous” online comments.

Former North Korean diplomat Ri Il-kyu, whose defection to South Korea was made public last month, said on Thursday that the regime in Pyongyang will be interested in resuming nuclear talks if Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election.

Chinese social media began circulating a video on Wednesday showing an anime version of the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio wished former president Donald Trump a “speedy recovery” and denounced political violence.

A woman who was swept out to sea off the coast of Japan has been miraculously rescued 37 hours later, officials announced Thursday. 

China lodged a formal complaint for “illegal and improper” actions by a Japanese destroyer that entered Chinese territorial waters on July 4.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday issued a statement condemning North Korea’s weapons exports to Russia and expressing concern about the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow.

Conservative Gov. Koike Yuriko of Tokyo, Japan, won a third term in office on Sunday in a high-turnout election where her top rival was expected to be the candidate backed by the Japanese Communist Party — but instead came in third to a YouTube celebrity politician who moved to Tokyo a week before campaigning began.

Japan’s “digital minister,” Kono Taro, announced Wednesday that the Japanese government no longer uses floppy disks to store data.

The Chinese Communist regime in Beijing announced new regulations on Monday that will empower its officials to inspect smartphones and other personal electronics at will, including those belonging to foreign visitors.

Social media went nuts when a team of Japanese boys beat the American team in the IFAF U20 World Junior Football Championships on Wednesday.

A guard of honour and a lavish banquet awaited Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in London on Tuesday.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a “demographic national emergency” and promised to spare no effort in increasing birth rates.

North Korea on Monday lashed out at South Korea, Japan, and even Pyongyang’s patron China for supporting the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula at a summit in Seoul.

A Boeing 737 returned to Japan’s Fukuoka Airport on Friday, forced to make an emergency landing after an apparent wing flap “irregularity.”

Sens. Josh Hawley, Marco Rubio, and J.D. Vance are demanding Joe Biden block Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation from buying U.S. Steel.

India and Japan responded to comments made by President Joe Biden earlier this week in which he referred to several countries as being “xenophobic.”

Nippon Steel said Friday it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice requested more documentation related to the deal.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday refused to apologize to Japan after President Joe Biden, 81, called the U.S. ally “xenophobic.”

Immigrants “are what makes us strong,” Joe Biden told a May 1 fundraiser for pro-migration groups in Washington, D.C. 

Japan is “xenophobic,” as well as Russia and China, President Joe Biden, 81, declared Wednesday in an unprecedented statement.

Russia on Wednesday used its veto power at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to block a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan to ban nuclear weapons in outer space.

Former President Donald Trump met with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday evening, discussing the relationship between the two countries.

The AUKUS military alliance, whose founding members are Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is reportedly considering Japan as a fourth member.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gave an interview to China’s state-run Global Times on Friday in which the erratic leader trashed the United States as “antagonistic and hostile” and advised his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., to adopt a more conciliatory posture toward China.

President Joe Biden held a summit with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

President Joe Biden hosted visiting Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at a glitzy White House state dinner on Wednesday night, with a host of celebrities and business leaders in attendance.

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, is reportedly ready to normalize relations with Israel as a condition of OECD membership.

President Joe Biden insisted on Wednesday that his support for Israel in the aftermath of the unprecedented terrorist assault on October 7 was “ironclad” and his administration would do “all [it] can to protect Israel’s security.”

The White House hosted a state dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday evening, which included an array of big names.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Wednesday that the United States would be receiving a gift of more than 200 replacement cherry trees from Japan.