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China positively appraised UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's remarks that Japanese leaders should have a correct awareness about history.
Japan has asked the United States to quickly provide information on an MV-22 Osprey military plane that made a hard landing in Nevada.
At least eight people, including women and children, were killed while over 25 others are still feared trapped under the debris in twin building collapse in the western Indian state of Gujarat
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday that he would embark on a one-day visit to China to attend the opening of the 10th China-ASEAN Expo.
New Zealand food safety regulators on Wednesday said the bacteria that sparked an international alert over Fonterra dairy products was not the bacterium that can cause botulism.
Japan suspended the launch of its next-generation solid-fuel rocket on Tuesday just seconds before liftoff after engineers discovered a technical glitch.
The United States will send its human rights envoy to Pyongyang this week to seek the release of an imprisoned US Christian missionary, the State Department said on Tuesday.
A senior Chinese diplomat criticized Japan for lack of sincerity in its latest call for a meeting between the countries' top leaders.
Japan's coast guard sought a fiscal budget of $2 billion for 2014 on Tuesday, to upgrade its patrol ships and increase personnel around the Diaoyu Islands.
IOC officials preparing for the meeting in Buenos Aires have publicly downplayed the renewed concerns over the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima nuclear power plant despite it leaking more than 300 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.
China welcomes Singapore's prime minister who has been caught in a media storm recently for his China-related remarks.
It is unlikely for Chinese and Japanese leaders to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit due to Japan's provocative words and moves.