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Trump is in Tokyo on the second-day of an Asian swing during which North Korea and trade are expected to top the agenda. (Photo: AFP)

Shinzo Abe, Trump see eye-to-eye on North Korea policy

Japan will freeze the assets of North Korean groups and individuals as a new sanction, said Shinzo Abe.

6 Nov 2017 11:17 AM GMT

A White House spokeswoman said the indictment had nothing to do with Donald Trump or his campaign and showed no evidence of collusion between the campaign and Russia. (Photo: AFP/File)

Mental health issues not gun problem: Trump on Texas church shooting

The lone gunman carrying an assault rifle opened fire Sunday after entering First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.

6 Nov 2017 10:44 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump held talks in Tokyo, kicking off an Asia tour under heavy security, police said Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Japan on its toes: Rare bomb threats as Trump holds talks

Bomb threats are extremely uncommon in Japan. No explosives were found and no arrests so far.

6 Nov 2017 7:57 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AFP)

North Korea warns of merciless punishment' for Trump's reckless...

After arriving in Tokyo on Sunday, Trump warned that no dictator should underestimate the United States.

5 Nov 2017 11:20 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AP)

Trump arrives in Japan with vows to totally destroy' North Korea

Trump, at the start of a 12-day Asian trip, is looking to present a united front with Japan against North Korea.

5 Nov 2017 6:58 AM GMT

Workers repair a fallen electricity pole in the central province of Phu Yen, Vietnam on Saturday after Typhoon Damrey slammed the countrys south-central coast. (Photo: AP)

19 dead as Typhoon Damrey sweeps into Vietnam days before APEC Summit

Danang in Vietnam will host Trump as well as China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin on from Nov 10.

4 Nov 2017 12:56 PM GMT

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea sends out fresh warning as Trump embarks on 5-nation Asia

Trump departed for his first presidential trip to Asia on Saturday, with tensions over North Korea's nuclear threats.

4 Nov 2017 11:43 AM GMT

There are around 500,000 ethnic Koreans in Japan - mostly descendants of civilians taken from their homes during Japans brutal colonisation of the Korean peninsula from 1910 until Tokyos defeat in World War II in 1945. (Photo: AFP)

Pockets of pro-Pyongyang' in Japan: death threats, bomb scares in...

Japan has been at the sharp end of recent provocations from Pyongyang, which fired two missiles over its northern...

4 Nov 2017 11:09 AM GMT

Harassment of women can't be tolerated: Ivanka Trump

The speech came as global headlines are dominated by sexual harassment claims against prominent men in entertainment and...

3 Nov 2017 8:18 PM GMT

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AFP)

Xi Jinping has reached out to Kim Jong Un: reports

The note signalled an improvement in their relationships, which has soured over Pyongyang's growing weapons ambitions.

2 Nov 2017 1:43 PM GMT

Pictures of the 27-year-old show an ordinary-looking man with neat, dark hair and glasses, who lived in a nondescript flat on a quiet residential street in one of Tokyos endless sprawling suburbs.(Photo: AFP)

Japanese man hacks 9, dismembers bodies, refrigerates parts

Takahiro Shiraishi confessed to murdering and hacking up nine young people in his Tokyo bathroom.

2 Nov 2017 11:01 AM GMT

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaks during the 37th annual May 18 Democratic Uprising memorial at the Gwangju National Cemetery in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

S Korea will not develop nuclear weapons, says President Moon Jae-In

In recent months Pyongyang has carried out its sixth nuclear test, its most powerful by far.

1 Nov 2017 11:48 AM GMT