Japan is gravely concerned about actions in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any unilateral attempt to change the status quo, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Three Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) students left the country to participate in the JENESYS Inbound Programme: JENESYS2024 – JAPAN Students Conference.

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one m

The Vietnamese embassies in Singapore and Brunei and the Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane, Laos have organised activities for Vietnamese there to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

TOKYO — Japan will expand an unprecedented military aid program, the first of its kind since World War II, to help the armed forces of like-minded countries like the Philippines deter threats to the rule of law in the Indo-Pacific,

China on Wednesday said its activities and claims over the South China Sea are legitimate and “completely justified”, reacting to the Quad Foreign Ministers’ assertions “strongly” opposing any unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo by force or coercion in the Indo Pacific region.

After the hour-long meeting, the four ministers reconfirmed the Quad Leadership Summit in India later this year

In its present form, the RCEP represents roughly one-third of the global population and world GDP, making it the largest free trade agreement in the world in terms of the number of people and markets that it covers.

Washington, Jan 22 (PTI) In a move sending a strong signal to China, foreign ministers from Quad countries -- India, Australia, Japan and the US -- in a joint statement have strongly opposed any unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo by force or coercion.

Soon after he was sworn in by Vice President J D Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Penny Wong from Australia and Japan's Iwaya Takeshi for his first multilateral meeting as the top American diplomat.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the ministers reconfirmed the Quad Leadership Summit in India later this year

Pragmatic dialogue and collaboration are key to navigating the complexities of international relations, particularly in Malaysia's engagements with major powers such as the United States and China, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday (Jan 21).