Report: N. Korea fires fourth missile

The return to power of Abe Shinzō and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) unfolded as tensions on the Korean peninsula mount. As a key advocate of the abduction lobby, Abe's rapid political rise since the early 2000s is closely connected with his ...

TOKYO, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third straight day of firings, South Korea's defense ministry said, Yonhap reported. Both appeared to be KN-02 ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 has jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday. The Japan Meteorological Agency says no tsunami warnings have been issued. The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake at 6.1, with a depth of 33 ...

TOKYO A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Honshu on Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit at 2:48 p.m. in the Pacific some 50 ...

Tokyo, May 18 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale rocked northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake occurred at 2:48 pm (JST). The epicentre of the quake was located at latitude 37.7 degree ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake with a magnitude measured at 5.9 by Japan's Meteorological Agency struck the Northeast of the country. The epicenter was close to the Fukushima coast and only 200km from Tokyo, causing buildings in the capital to shake, ...

South Korean President Park Geun-hye visited U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on May 8, and the focus of their conversation was, naturally, the recent extreme moves by North Korea. Following an underground nuclear test in February this ...

China's refusal to attend this year's summit with Japan and South Korea as scheduled comes at a trying moment for all three countries. Although Asia is the world's most dynamic region, it has a paucity of institutional mechanisms for resolving - or ...

Visiting South Korean President Park Geun-hye Wednesday urged Japan to face history honestly for the good of Northeast Asia. "Those who are blind to the past cannot see the future," Park said in an address to the U.S. Congress, a day after meeting ...