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Japanese commercial aircraft parts makers are bracing for a possible additional tariff on such goods being considered by the administration of US President Donald Trump.

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, or JAMSTEC, unveiled on Monday a deep-sea explorer capable of reaching a depth of 8,000 meters, the deepest among the country's existing deep-sea probes.

US President Donald Trump's administration intends to accept a Boeing (747-8 airplane as a gift from the Qatari royal family that would be outfitted to serve as Air Force One, according to a source briefed on the matter.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday they reached a deal with China to cut the US trade deficit, describing "substantial progress" in high-stakes talks with Chinese officials but offering no details as two days of negotiations concluded in Geneva.

South Korea’s economy was the worst-performing among 19 major countries with available data, held back by its demographic challenges, according to data released Sunday by the Bank of Korea.

Japan's first university faculty dedicated to dinosaur studies opened last month in a prefecture known as a major dinosaur fossil excavation site.

A Chinese marine research ship was extending something like a pipe into the sea in the Japanese exclusive economic zone off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reiterated his country's demand on Sunday that the United States withdraw its auto tariffs after Washington and London agreed to create a low-tariff quota for British car exports to the United States.

US President Donald Trump hailed talks with China in Switzerland on Saturday, saying the two sides had negotiated "a total reset ... in a friendly, but constructive, manner."

A key water-sharing pact between India and Pakistan remains suspended, four government sources told Reuters, despite the countries reaching a ceasefire agreement on Saturday after days of deadly fighting.

A Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 482, fell into the Indian Ocean on Saturday morning, 53 years after it failed to reach Venus, Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported.

Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after US pressure and diplomacy. Still, within hours, blasts were reported from the main cities of Indian Kashmir, the centre of four days of fighting.

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito has been diagnosed with silent myocardial ischemia, a condition of an asymptomatic patient whose blood flow from the coronary arteries to the heart muscle is reduced due to excessive exercise, the Imperial Household Agency said Saturday.

Japanese government officials are alarmed by an agreement between Washington and London to set a low-tariff quota for British vehicle exports to the United States.

Top officials from Washington and Beijing to meet in Switzerland as Donald Trump hints at reducing levies on Chinese imports to 80 per cent

Islamabad summons top security body as tensions soar following reported cross-border strikes; international community urges India and Pakistan to de-escalate rapidly

Tucked into the undulating hills of Ji'an city in Jiangxi province, Diaoyuan village has stood for over 1,100 years — the layout from above bearing a striking resemblance to a Taoist tai chi diagram. A winding ridge splits the landscape, encircled by more than 20,000 ancient camphor trees, some once pushed to the edge of survival by degraded soil.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday an 80% tariff on Chinese goods "seems right," for the first time suggesting a specific alternative to the 145% levies he has imposed on Chinese imports ahead of closely watched weekend talks.

Nippon Steel Corp. said Friday that its consolidated net profit for fiscal 2025 is projected to plunge 42.9 % from the previous year to 200 billion yen, amid US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

An investigation committee set up by Japan Airport Terminal Co. said Friday that a subsidiary engaged in inappropriate transactions that benefited a consultant firm headed by the 52-year-old son of Makoto Koga, former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Friday with a parade attended by China's Xi Jinping amid tight security to guard against Ukrainian attacks after three years of devastating war.