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As the Russia Ukraine war, the biggest war in Europe since World War II, enters its second year, many Asian companies still continue their operations in Russia.

A Japanese startup, Iwaya Giken plans to start stratospheric balloon rides or commercial balloon rides later this year.

The Japanese police have arrested as many as 17 men accused of filming thousands of women bathing in hot springs over a period of 30 years.

At least eight people, including six Chinese nationals, died after a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship sank in waters between South Korea and Japan.

The actions and potential implications of several countries, including Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran indicates that change is occurring in these countries and their actions have the potential to affect the global order. The US has the power and capability to assist and influence events in these countries, but should do so in a way that avoids being perceived as meddling. The US should work to deter expansionist behavior by China in the Indo-Pacific region and to calm tensions with North Korea.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev slammed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for the latter's "subservience" to the United States.

An 81-year-old Japanese man pushed his disabled wife into the sea because he was "tired of taking care of her."

Mikizo Ueda, who was the oldest living man in Japan, passed away at the age of 112 in the city of Nara last week.

Dugong, a species that inspired ancient tales about mermaids and sirens for centuries, has been declared functionally extinct in China

A study conducted by researchers in Japan found that dogs produce tears of joy when reunited with their owners after hours of separation.

An elderly woman was found inside cardboard boxes on the side of a highway after being dumped by her family in Puebla, Mexico.

Japan's national weather agency issued its top-level alert after the Sakurajima volcano, located in the Kagoshima Prefecture, erupted on Sunday.

A Japanese man has admitted to killing at least 30 green sea turtles after they got stuck in his fishing nets.

A US exploration team has managed to successfully unearth a ship that had sunk during World War II

An extremely rare 15ft megamouth shark washed ashore in a village in the Philippines.

A court in Japan in its latest order has upheld the ban imposed on same-sex marriage in the country stating that the ban does not violate the constitution.

A 23-year-old woman named Noura Aly Essam, was kidnapped by her own father after she inherited a fortune in her grandfather's will.

An 83-year-old Japanese man named, Kenichi Horie, has reportedly become the oldest person in the world to complete a solo voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman certified as the oldest person in the world by the Guinness World Records in 2019, passed away at the age of 119 at a hospital in Fukuoka city.

A body of a child has been discovered during search and rescue operations initiated after a boat accident in northeastern Japan. The death toll in the accident has reached 11 now.

Ten people who were found by rescue workers after a tour boat went missing off Japan's northern coast have been confirmed dead by the coast guard.

An ultra-rare giant squid, measuring about 9.8ft, washed up at a beach in Japan. The squid was found stranded at Ugu beach in Obama of Fukui Prefecture on Wednesday.

Japan's largest food chain Yoshinoya has fired its managing director Masaaki Ito following a backlash over his alleged sexist remarks.

Over 2 pounds of hand-rolled Japanese green tea leaves sold for a record-breaking 1.96 million yen (£11,881) at the season's inaugural auction on Monday.

Japan's Princess Mako who gave up her royal status to marry her commoner boyfriend Kei Komuro, is now reportedly working at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York as a volunteer.

Murray will continue playing doubles with Joe Salisbury

Japanese sponsors Rakuten and Konami were particularly enraged by the incident.

Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele were caught mocking Asian hotel workers on video

Foreign visitors to China will have to undergo an anal swab test or give a stool sample to test for COVID-19.

Japanese visitors in Beijing confirmed with the embassy that they were subjected to the mandatory anal swab for COVID-19 testing.