TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen spoke with his US counterpart, reaffirming that the Diaoyutai Islands fall under Article 5 of the Japan-US Security Treaty, Jiji Press reported Friday.

China’s reported breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI) would prompt the US to seek a stronger alliance with Taiwan and Japan to secure its technological superiority, a Taiwanese researcher said yesterday.

Less than 750 kilometres from Taiwan and home to nearly 30,000 US troops, the Japanese islands of Okinawa would play a pivotal role should Beijing order the invasion of Taiwan.

A Hong Kong tourist was killed in Japan after a train rammed into her while she was taking photos on the tracks. The incident, which occurred in the coastal city of Otaru in Hokkaido, took

This image of K-pop boy group BOYNEXTDOOR is provided by KOZ Entertainment on Sept. 2 SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- BOYNEXTDOOR has kicked off their first solo tour, BOYNEXTDOOR TOUR 'KNOCK ON Vol.1', with performances in Japan.

Tokyo-listed companies linked to the AI sector tanked for a second straight day as investors tracked a rout on Wall Street that saw Nvidia Corp crumble 17 percent, wiping more than half a trillion dollars off its market capitalization.

TAIPEI -- Japan's push to rebuild its advanced chip industry looks "promising" and "impressive" despite massive work ahead and fierce competition from leading chipmakers, ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told Nikkei Asia.

The first tranche of the US Navy’s “Replicator” initiative aimed at obstructing a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be ready by August, a US Naval Institute (USNI) News report on Tuesday said.

Most Asian markets edged up Friday at the end of a week beset by volatility after China's DeepSeek unveiled a groundbreaking chatbot, while sentiment was dampened after Donald Trump confirmed he hit Canada and Mexico with hefty tariffs.

Scores from the PGA Tour AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Thursday -8 Russell Henley (USA) 64 -7 Sepp Straka (Austria) 65 Viktor Hovland (Norway) 65 Rasmus Hojgaard (Denmark) 65 Jake Knapp (USA) 65 Justin

Friday 31st January, is the last day to enter our competition to win two Business Class tickets to Taipei with China Airlines, Taiwan’s national carrier.

Hong Kong Airlines begins Gold Coast and Vancouver services Hong Kong Airlines has relaunched services to Gold Coast, Australia, with four flights per week across January 17 to February 15, 2025 operated by an A330 aircraft with both business and economy-class seating.