Category: Asia Pacific

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will welcome counterparts from the "Quad" -- Australia, India, and Japan -- to Washington on Tuesday, in an at least brief refocus on Asia, the State Department announced. Rubio had welcomed Quad foreign ministers on ...

By Andrew McKirdy, with Katie Forster in Tokyo Japan's coast guard will simulate a collision between vessels Friday during joint exercises with the United States and the Philippines seen as a show of unity against Chinese activity in disputed regional waters. ...

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday that security anxiety over China was partly driving deepening ties with Indonesia in a region riven by rivalry between Beijing and Washington. His visit to meet counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin in Jakarta came weeks after ...

Global tensions ticked up this weekend as U.S. Secretary of State Pete Hegseth said China wants to “fundamentally alter” security relations in the Asia-Pacific region. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, Hegseth said possible Chinese action on Taiwan is “real and could be imminent.”

By Julien Girault and Hieun Shin Trade ministers from the top economies that make up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, began a two-day meeting in South Korea's Jeju island on Thursday, as trade cooperation falters globally.

By Shaun Tandon U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on his first full day in office Tuesday, warned jointly with Japan, India, and Australia against coercive actions in Asia in a veiled but clear warning to China over its actions at ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday congratulated Donald Trump on his return to the White House, urging him to work towards a "free and open" Asia-Pacific region. Japan and the United States, once World War II foes are today key ...

Australia, Japan and the U.S. on Sunday committed to closer military cooperation in training their forces as the countries deepened their ties in a bid to counter China's military strength. Australia's Minister of Defense Richard Marles hosted the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed "serious concerns" over the situation in the South China Sea to Chinese President Xi Jinping in their first in-person talks, Tokyo's foreign ministry said Saturday. But the pair agreed to work to expand cultural exchanges ...

China's foreign minister told his new Japanese counterpart during a phone call on Wednesday that he hopes to make progress in bilateral ties while also warning of external "interference." Tensions have recently been building between Beijing and Tokyo recently as China ...

Japan's new Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, warned in his first policy speech Friday that "today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia" and dubbed the country's low birth rate a "quiet emergency." "Many fear that today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia. ...

By Brendan Smialowski with Danny Kemp in Washington U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic Saturday telling the leaders of Australia, India, and Japan that an aggressive China is "testing us," in remarks that risked undercutting a summit ...