Two Republican governors, both rumored to be considering presidential runs, made trips to the Asia region to meet with foreign leaders during the week of April 23. The visits coincide with heightened U.S. efforts to counter Chinese influence, TIME reports. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as part of a…

New images released by Russia’s Defense Ministry shows a supersonic missile launching and successfully hitting a target in the Sea of Japan. Two of the medium-range missiles that were launched are capable of destroying a ship within 75 miles. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the missiles successfully hit a mock enemy sea target. Japan has responded…

South Korea announced it will provide compensation to victims who were forced to work while the country was under Japanese rule. It’s an attempt to heal an old wound that goes back more than 100 years.   Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. Throughout that time, hundreds of thousands of Koreans were forced…

Japan’s government gave its latest estimate regarding when it planned to release treated but still radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. At a cabinet meeting Friday, Japan’s government said it would happen “around this spring or summer.” The estimate appeared to be a slight delay from the original plan, which had the Fukushima…

U.S. Armed Forces need to be prepared for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by the end of the year. The warning comes from the head of the U.S. Navy, Admiral Mike Gilday U.S. forces were operating under the notion China was gearing up for a 2027 invasion, a timetable proposed by the former head of…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued his own response to China’s response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) vist Taiwan earlier this week, On Friday, Chinese officials said 100 warplanes and 10 warships have been firing missiles surrounding the island. That is the largest military exercise of its kind in the region. The exercises have…

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan late Wednesday, triggering a tsunami advisory for coastal areas, according to the United States Geological Survey. One person died and 69 were injured. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck about 36 miles below the sea. The Fukushima region was devastated by a deadly…