Japan's business community, among others, had called for the period to be shortened by taking into account the omicron variant's characteristics.

The two leaders are likely to discuss ways to enhance security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, where China has become increasingly assertive in its territorial claims.

Top Pentagon officials said that Russia now had enough troops and equipment in place to threaten the whole of Ukraine in a conflict that would ...

Japan's Embassy in Ukraine has about 20 staff members, and will keep only those needed to help Japanese nationals living in the country, a senior ...

The three countries' foreign ministers last met in New York in September. The meeting, planned for Hawaii, would be the first for Foreign Minister ...

While Chinese officials have warned of military action over Taiwan, it is unusual for them to link it directly to the United States.

A bridge collapse in Pittsburgh provided a symbolic backdrop for the U.S. president's trip to the city to tout his $1 trillion infrastructure plan — ...

The measures were introduced on Jan. 10 following a surge in coronavirus cases among U.S. military personnel in prefectures that host U.S. military bases.