News of the infection of the most powerful man in the world with the most notorious disease in the world drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present ou...
Read more
Hong Kong’s professional journalism association has protested new rules restricting who can provide press coverage during demonstrations, saying the government has no right to determine who is or isn’...
Read more
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression...
Read more
Netflix is producing and shooting an original series set in Japan about a journalist who challenges authority, hoping to woo this nation still hooked on good old TV...
Read more
The U.S. ambassador to China appears to be leaving his post, based on tweets by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
Read more
An organization of foreign correspondents says China is delaying the renewal of press cards for at least five journalists working at four U.S. media outlets...
Read more
The government in China’s Xinjiang region is imposing draconian measures to combat the coronavirus, including physically locking people in homes and arresting those who do not comply with long quarant...
Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed an intention to step down, citing his declining health, according to Japan’s NHK television and other media...
Read more
Hong Kong police have arrested 16 people on charges related to anti-government protests last year, including two opposition lawmakers...
Read more
High school students in Thailand’s capital are holding blank signs and flashing three-fingered salutes to show opposition to the government, as the youth-led pro-democracy movement continues to spread...
Read more