Choi Sung-ryong, whose father was executed by North Korea, wants to pressure a pro-Pyongyang association in Tokyo over the abductees Choi Sung-ryong was a teenager in South Korea when his father was abducted by North Korean agents.

South Korea on Friday strongly protested Japan's renewed claim to its easternmost islets of Dokdo after Japan's top diplomat described them as part of his country's territory. Earlier in the day, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya reiterated Tokyo's territorial claim over the islets in South

A motorcade carrying South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves for Seoul Detention Center at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) following his arrest, in Gwacheon, South Korea, January 15, 2025. Yonhap via REUTERS

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump to win his commitment to maintain a strong American presence in the Asia-Pacific.

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

The meeting between South Korea's Cho Tae-yul and Japan's Takeshi Iwaya marks the first of its kind between the countries since President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law last month, a move that stunned South Koreans.

Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy quarterly earnings reports from large U.S. corporations.

The short-range missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, South Korea said. SEOUL and TOKYO -- North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Japan's unbeaten Naoya Inoue retained his undisputed world super-bantamweight titles on Friday in style by knocking out South Korean rank outsider Kim Ye-joon in the fourth round in Tokyo.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan is monitoring developments in South Korea with "particular and grave" concerns, the top government spokesman said Wednesday, following the detention of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law in December.

Goading boxing superstar Naoya Inoue proved to be the wrong move. The unbeaten Japanese fighter was invited to take a shot by overmatched South Korean opponent Ye Joon Kim and Inoue responded with a d

Japan, the United States and South Korea pledged Tuesday to work together to stop North Korea's efforts to raise funds through illega