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Hello from Tokyo. Recent remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden saying Japan is "xenophobic" and doesn't want immigrants have prompted the Japanese government to hit back, saying his comments were not based on an accurate understanding. But the fact remains that foreign residents account for just over 2% of Japan's total population, far less than in major Western countries such as the U.S. and Germany.
SINGAPORE -- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. condemned maritime aggression in the South China Sea at one of the region's biggest security forums, without naming China.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -- The Kremlin said on Friday that Moscow supported China's refusal to take part in a peace summit on Ukraine next month in Switzerland because it was futile to hold such an event without Russia's participation.
SINGAPORE -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to attend Asia's largest defense forum this weekend in Singapore, at a critical moment in his country's war against Russia.
The oil-producing Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies could extend existing output cuts this week, delegates and analysts told CNBC, even as focus shifts from Middle East tensions to summer demand.
SINGAPORE — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern over China's naval activity in the Taiwan Strait to his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun on Friday, reiterating the stance that China "should not use Taiwan's political transition ... as a pretext for coercive measures."
French authorities in New Caledonia regained full control of their Pacific territory’s capital, the French interior and overseas minister said on Friday after two weeks of unrest that had left seven people dead and significant destruction in the archipelago that has seen decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France.
The world does not vote in American presidential elections. Nor do its jurors play a part in the American judicial system. Nevertheless, the conviction of Donald J. Trump on all 34 felony counts in a hush-money trial in a New York court on Thursday has again made clear how consequential what happens in the United States is for the rest of the planet.