Asia

The Japanese prefecture of Fukushima announced a ban on Olympic spectators on Saturday, joining a growing list of areas implementing curbs…

BANGKOK (AP) — Several countries around Asia and the Pacific that are experiencing their first major surges of the coronavirus…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is set to place Tokyo under a state of emergency that would last through the Olympics,…

SEOUL, July 8 (Reuters) – New photos confirm North Korea has demoted a military leader in a reshuffle that left…

(CNN) — If there was an Olympics of passports, Japan wouldn’t just be hosting it — it’d be winning the…

HONG KONG, July 6 (Reuters) – Hong Kong police said on Tuesday they had arrested nine people, including six secondary…

ATAMI, Japan (AP) — Rescue workers slogged through mud and debris Monday looking for dozens feared missing after a giant…

TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) – Tokyo residents went to the polls on Sunday to pick members of its metropolitan assembly…

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful mudslide carrying a deluge of black water and debris crashed into rows of houses in…

SEOUL/SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) – The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week, with…