Shares in Asia and Europe gained on Tuesday, lifted by defense and military stocks as U.S. and Russian officials meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Japan’s Nikkei 225, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong,

Ballet dancers who evacuated to Japan when Russia invaded Ukraine conveyed Japanese culture and a message of peace on a tour to Latvia Ukrainian ballet dancers Nelia Ivanova and Svitlana Shlikhter were deeply moved when the audience gave a standing ovation during their Japan-based troupe's performance in Latvia,

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On the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, more than 300 Ukrainians and their supporters gathered on Feb. 24 in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo to protest the ongoing conflict.

As Ukraine marks three years since Russia's full-scale invasion, the country is still suffering a huge loss of life, both in military personnel and civilians. Leaders around the globe are debating how the war can be brought to an end.

Ukraine has agreed on the terms of a minerals deal with the United States and could sign it on Friday, a Ukrainian official said, in a move Kyiv hopes will lay the ground for future security guarantees from Washington.

Japan sent 10 Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel to a multinational mine-sweeping exercise in the Black Sea in September 2024 as p

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (pic) called for Group of Seven nation leaders to avoid showing the wrong precedent during talks to end Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

The U.S. was a notable flip-flop, for the first time siding with Russia in voting against such a resolution. Were there any notable changes in Asia-Pacific voting?