Japan

Japan's Hayabusa2 probe makes second asteroid landing

The spacecraft on desolate asteroid Ryugu, some 300 million km from Earth, is on a mission of collecting samples in hopes of finding clues to the origin of the solar system.

Hit by torrential rains, Japan orders 800,000 to evacuate

About 900 mm of rain has fallen on the southernmost main island of Kyushu since late June, with heavy rain forecast to continue into Thursday.

At least 18 people die, 13 missing as floods sweep southeastern Siberia

Russia's Emergency Ministry's regional branch initially said that 17 people were missing, but later announced that four of them were found and rescued. The search for the remaining 13 is ongoing.

Japan resumes commercial whaling after more than 30 years

Five small ships sailed out of the harbour on Monday in Japan's first commercial whale hunt in more than three decades, a move that has aroused global condemnation and fears for the fate of whales.

Vietnam signs free trade deal with EU

Vietnam and the European Union signed a free trade deal reducing tariffs on goods of 99 percent traded between the southeastern state and the Union. The deal will boost Vietnams economy by around 5 percent until 2024-2028.

Turkish President visits Ottoman-themed exhibition center in Japan

Earlier, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened Turkish artist Ara Guler's exhibition in the Japanese city of Kyoto.

NATO member Turkey not treated fairly: Trump on S-400 deal

US President Donald Trump said during his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey was not allowed to buy Patriot missiles by Obama administration and "we are looking at different solutions."

Iran sees some progress on nuclear deal, but not enough

Abbas Araghchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, said progress was made at talks in Vienna aimed at saving the nuclear deal but probably not enough to convince Tehran to change its decision to go over the deal's core atomic restrictions one by one.

G20 faces calls to protect growth, open trade

World leaders gather in Japan's Osaka port city for a two-day summit with US-China trade war, Iran tensions and climate change on agenda.

Trade, climate change, Iran focus as G-20 leaders meet

G20 nations produce half the world's plastic waste, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will chair the summit, has made fixing the problem a top initiative, both at the summit and in Japan.

Turkey-US ties based on strategic partnership - President Erdogan

Responding to a reporter's question prior to taking off for the G20 in Osaka, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he did not get the impression from his US counterpart Donald Trump that NATO members would be sanctioning each other over missiles.

What’s on the table at this year’s G20 summit?

As heads of state descend on Japan, all eyes will be on the US and its various crises with other member states, from China to Russia and even Turkey.