TOKYO -- A decade-long partnership between Chinese and Australian miners focused on rare-earth rights in Greenland is at risk of fracturing, just as U.S. President Donald Trump eyes control of the ...

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the ...

Thaksin's populist Pheu Thai party has dominated agrarian Ubon Ratchathani and neighboring provinces in northeastern Thailand for decades, but that grip is weakening and voters are switching ...

Military planners across Europe and Asia are stepping up preparations amid fears that the world is edging toward a wider conflict.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the question “the one remaining item” in Abu Dhabi peace talks. Russia disputed that.

Iran plans a military drill in the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial global shipping lane. The drill, scheduled for Sunday and Monday, could involve live fire in the area where a fifth of the world's traded ...

Japan and South Korea agreed Friday to resume a joint naval search and rescue exercise that was discontinued in 2017. Japan ...

In March 2025, the government of Japan announced initial guidelines for how they plan to evacuate 110,000 residents and ...

Growing Japan-Philippines defense ties are linking the East China Sea and South China Sea. Philippine Foreign Secretary ...

Jewellery demand volumes declined y/y in all markets across the globe – unsurprising in the context of gold’s multiple all-time highs throughout 2025. Read more here.

China's coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea almost daily last year, it said on Friday, aiming to secure its sovereignty over the remote, rocky outpost and to deter ...

NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese court has awarded about $16.3 million to Okinawans affected by Kadena Air Base aircraft noise, the latest ruling in a long-running series of lawsuits over noise from U.S.