There’s no agreed-upon scheme to name boundaries and features shared by countries. And map lines are inherently political.

Eileen Chang’s short story about sex and espionage in Japanese-occupied China comes to life in a sumptuous epic that represents the mid-career culmination of Ang Lee’s artistic vision and a sterling ...

U.S. stocks are drifting near a record as Wall Street’s recent rally loses some momentum. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in early ...

Factories across the world are growing increasingly idle. In the United States, CAPU has plummeted to levels lower than at ...

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China had protested what it called "close-in reconnaissance" of Chinese territory by the U.S. military in the past.

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's top TV hosts and a former pop star, says he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual ...

A Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death ...

New U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed China's "dangerous and destabilizing actions in the South China Sea" with ...

Japan's government on Thursday maintained a cautious outlook for the economy in part as policymakers kept a wary eye on U.S.