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Stocks bounce back from worst drop in nearly 2 years

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Calm returned to Wall Street after Japan’s market soared earlier Tuesday to claw back much of the losses from its worst day since 1987.

U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for drills amid elevated North Korean threat

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia.

Russia and North Korea ties prompt Japan and New Zealand intel sharing pact

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Japan and New Zealand have agreed in principle on an intelligence sharing pact as their leaders shared concern about the increasingly challenging security environment in the region, including closer ties between Russia and North Korea.

Defense chiefs from U.S., Australia, Japan and Philippines vow to deepen cooperation

By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press

Defense chiefs from Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States have vowed to deepen their cooperation as they gather in Hawaii for their second-ever joint meeting amid concerns about China's operations in the South China Sea.

Japan’s ruling party set to lose 3 seats in special vote, seen as rebuke for corruption scandal

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, stung by an extensive slush funds scandal, appeared to have lost all three seats in Sunday's parliamentary by-elections, according to media exit polls and preliminary results.

U.S. and Philippines step up strategic partnership as China threats loom in South China Sea

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

The U.S. and Filipino foreign and defense ministers and national security advisers met to discuss strategic and military issues Friday.

U.S. bolsters military ties with Japan and Philippines amid Chinese provocations

By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Solveig Rennan, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako

President Biden hosted the leaders of Japan and the Philippines on Thursday, sending a strong message of unity to Beijing. The administration says the network of alliances and partnerships in Asia is expanding in direct response to actions by China.

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Biden says U.S. support for Philippines, Japan defense ‘ironclad’ amid growing China provocations

By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The trilateral summit on Thursday was called amid growing concern about provocative Chinese action in the Pacific, which will be a large focus of the leaders' talks.

WATCH: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses joint meeting of Congress

Kishida has addressed U.S. lawmakers at the Capitol. He was urging them to consider the importance of global commitments at a time of tension in the Asia-Pacific and deep skepticism in Congress about U.S. involvement abroad.

WATCH: Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida hold joint news conference

By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Joe Biden welcomed the Japanese leader to the White House on Wednesday for wide-ranging talks that touched on the delicate security situation in the Pacific, the war in Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas conflict and more.