As virus death toll rises in China, US preps to evacuate
China's health minister said the country was entering a "crucial stage" as "it seems like the ability of the virus to spread is getting stronger."
China's health minister said the country was entering a "crucial stage" as "it seems like the ability of the virus to spread is getting stronger."
China said Monday it will suspend U.S. military ship and aircraft visits to Hong Kong and sanction several American pro-democracy and human rights groups in retaliation for the signing into law of legislation supporting anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous territory.
Not just one, not just two, but three generations of McCains are now honored on a U.S. Navy ship in the Pacific.
For the second time in two days, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is trying to assuage an Asian ally’s worries about America’s commitment to the region amid the ongoing denuclearization negotiations with North Korea.
Two women from Hawaii who were adrift on a storm-battered sailboat in the Pacific for months set foot on solid ground Monday at a U.S. Navy base in southern Japan.
Caroline Kennedy stepped down Wednesday after three years as U.S. ambassador to Japan, where she was welcomed like a celebrity and worked to deepen the U.S.-Japan relationship despite regular flare-ups over American military bases on the southern island of Okinawa.
It will be the first time a Japanese leader has visited the site of the Japanese attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II.
A controversial plan to move a U.S. Marine Corps base within Okinawa has been pushed back by two years.
In the wee hours of Saturday morning, Japan took a step toward having a military in line with most armed forces around the world, one that would be able to take part in combat even when the country is not under direct attack.