The Japanese foreign ministry relayed “strong concern” Saturday after the ship was spotted near Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, early in the morning.

China and the Philippines accused each other of causing a collision between their two vessels Saturday in the latest flareup of tensions over disputed waters and maritime features in the South China Sea.

Faced with polling that says most Americans believe confronting China should be a top foreign policy priority, Kamala Harris’ campaign messaging suggests that while she won’t go easy on China, there’s no upside in a greater rupture between the world’s two biggest economies. That contrasts with her rival Donald Trump, who’s argued for 60% tariffs on Chinese imports.

Entrepreneurs and investors, spooked by the intensity of China’s regulatory campaign, have turned toward sectors such as chipmaking and AI that align with Beijing’s priorities.

An airman charged with sexually assaulting a minor, testifying in the case for the first time in a Japanese court on Friday, said he believed the girl was 18 and gave her consent.

Japan’s Ministry of Defense asked for a record-high 8.5 trillion yen — about $58.7 billion — on Friday for fiscal 2025, the third year of a planned military buildup.

The 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, 120 miles south of Seoul, reported an airman death Friday, the third in a span of five weeks.

The absence of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indo-Pacific poses no immediate risk to regional security but exposes the U.S. Navy’s inability to project a complete global presence, a defense expert told Stars and Stripes.

The massive typhoon that churned ashore in southern Japan became a tropical storm by Friday but didn’t move far from its beachhead.

Thousands of U.S. and South Korean troops have concluded an annual large-scale exercise the two allies describe as defensive drills, and North Korea claims destabilizes the region.

House Republican leaders plan votes early next month on a series of measures targeting Chinese companies, including one that would bar federal contractors from doing business with five Chinese biotechnology firms.

A former Wesleyan Church that survived the World War II bombing of Darwin provides a shady spot for a bite to eat at Eva’s Cafe beneath a lush green canopy in Australia’s Northern Territory. The cafe has a selection of sandwiches, baked goods, salads, fruit juices and more, with the option of eating inside or on one of two large patios.

Donkeys, llamas and capybaras are among the 140 animals at Izu Shaboten Zoo, less than a three-hour drive from U.S. bases near the Japanese capital.

Prosecutors in Thailand on Thursday indicted a former national police chief in connection with an alleged cover-up of a 2012 traffic accident involving the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune that killed a police officer.

Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday signed the instrument of accession to an international convention of the United Nations aiming at preventing enforced disappearances as a state party, authorities said.

The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom, though local officials say there are no restrictions when journalists stick to the facts.

A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019, in the city’s first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law, according to local media.

Command of the support arm for the Marine Corps’ rapid response force in the Indo-Pacific is now in the hands of a general on his third Okinawa tour.

The mayor of a Japanese city, saying he was assured of the Osprey’s safety, has signed off on a U.S. Navy plan to put tiltrotors at the neighboring Marine Corps base.