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* Blinken, Austin on first overseas trip to South Korea,Japan * Blinken blames China's territorial claims, democracythreats * South Korea accused of overlooking North Korea rights ...

(Adds China foreign ministry comments) TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) - Senior officials from UnitedStates and Japan on Tuesday raised concerns about China'sbehaviour in Hong Kong,...

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, March 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan's newly-appointeddefence minister said on Wednesday it has strengtheneddeployments in the disputed South China...

(Corrects to change reporting credit, no change to story text) TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) - United States Secretary of StateAntony Blinken told a roundtable of Japanese journalists...

MANILA, March 17 (Reuters) - The Philippines' coronavirustask force said it will suspend the arrival of foreigners andsome returning citizens as the Southeast Asian country battles...

LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - Public Health England onTuesday said two new cases of the P.1 coronavirus variant firstdiscovered in northern Brazil had been reported, bringing...

* Talks center on China in the East and South China Seas * North Korea a sharp focus for Washington * Pyongyang warns Biden against "causing a stink" * Blinken set to meet China...

MANILA, March 16 (Reuters) - The Philippine Supreme Courthas thrown out a petition that sought to invalidate PresidentRodrigo Duterte's unilateral withdrawal from the...

MANILA, March 16 (Reuters) - The Philippines' CivilAeronautics Board said on Tuesday that passenger arrivals atManila's international airport shall be limited to a maximum of1,500...

TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State AntonyBlinken said on Tuesday Washington was considering whetheradditional pressure could be effective in North Korea as part...

TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - Senior officials from UnitedStates and Japan on Tuesday raised concerns about China'sbehaviour in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and other areas and said it...

TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign MinisterToshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday he had agreed with his U.S.counterpart to strongly oppose China's attempt to change thestatus...

TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - Japan and the United States haveshared serious concerns over rising tensions in the East andSouth China Seas, Japanese defence minister Nobuo Kishi said...

(Corrects to fix typographical error in first name of U.S.Secretary of State) TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State AntonyBlinken said on Tuesday the United States...

TOKYO, March 16 (Reuters) - Japan's defence minister, NobuoKishi, looks forward to discussing with his U.S. counterpartaspects of China's activities in the East and South China...

* Filipino from Brazil tests positive for P.1 variant * Health ministry confirms P.3, a new COVID-19 variant * Philippines records 5,000 new COVID-19 infections (Adds details on...

MANILA, March 13 (Reuters) - The Philippines has detectedits first case of the highly contagious coronavirus variantfirst identified in Brazil, the health ministry said onSaturday....