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Top US envoy for Asia in Japan amid base row

The top US diplomat for Asia was due to meet Japan's foreign minister on Thursday for talks amid a worsening row over an American military airbase on the southern island of Okinawa. Full story

Protests vs ‘midnight sale’ of Fujimi Property mount

Protests over the “midnight sale” of the Philippine property in Fujimi are mounting as Filipinos and Japanese alike say the Philippine government should keep it and “preserve the shared cultural and historical rights of Filipino and Japanese people.”

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Asean cities tackle climate change

Asean, home to about 583 million people, seeks to focus on the region’s carbon-producing cities in its efforts to tackle global warming, it was learned Thursday.

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