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Japan's leader heads to Washington for a visit complicated by the Iran war fallout

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Punch the monkey melts hearts after rejection and unlikely friendship

By Stephanie Sy, Layla Quran

In a zoo outside Tokyo, one monkey has pulled heartstrings around the world after forming an unexpected friendship. Stephanie Sy reports.

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WATCH: Trump boasts he has 'very good record of endorsing' foreign leaders

By Associated Press

In one of many tangents, Trump used his speech at the Board of Peace meeting to reinforce his support for various foreign leaders who are facing or were recently facing a contested election in their country.

Takaichi, reelected as Japan's leader, wants to cooperate with U.S. in rare earths development

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she hopes to deepen her relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Japanese prime minister's party secures supermajority in a key parliamentary election

By Mari Yamaguchi, Foster Klug, Associated Press

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday.

Polls open in Japan's parliamentary elections as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes for big win

By Mari Yamaguchi, Foster Klug, Associated Press

Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda.

NASA cuts space station mission short after an astronaut's medical issue

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

The space agency said Thursday the U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned.

China's top diplomat criticizes U.S. arms sale to Taiwan

By Simina Mistreanu, Associated Press

The military package announced earlier this month by the U.S. State Department amounts to the largest U.S. arms sale to Taiwan and is valued at more than $11 billion. China responded to the sale by launching two days of military…

China unleashes live-fire show of force near Taiwan on second day of military drills

By Johnson Lai, Kanis Leung, Associated Press

Taiwanese officials report that some live rounds have landed closer to the island than before, increasing tensions in the Taiwan Strait.

Japan's Cabinet approves record defense budget aiming to deter China as tensions grow

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in November that her country's military could get involved if China were to take action against Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing says must come under its rule.