She has visited more than 20 countries, including the United States, Ukraine and Israel ... chaired by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi. Hayashi, 63, is younger than Kamikawa, but ...

Russia’s belligerence springs from a deep void of insecurity, impossible to fill. At home, its people are resigned to oppression, apathetic, always victims.Yet when they turn their gaze outward ...

Ukrainian military sources believe NK retreat goals: analyze their mistakes, tend to their wounded and/or await troop reinforcements Kim Jong Un is about to send to the region, as reports suggest.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic ...

RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees.

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A spokesperson for Ukraine’s eastern forces confirmed on Monday that Russian troops had entered the town, but said that fighting continued on the outskirts. With concerns that Russia could ...

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi in October called the report “regrettable” and “inappropriate,” and said Japan had requested the removal of the reference from the report.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters at a press conference that the court ruled that the attack was an "intentional murder" and the penalty was given due to the "significant social ...

"No decisions have been made yet on whether to release a new statement," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a news conference on Friday. In a time of both misinformation and too ...