Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met for the first time with China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru. During the talks both expressed the importance of relations between the two countries.

Lima: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba confirmed that he agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping to establish mutually beneficial and stable

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in their first meeting that China hoped Japan would "properly handle" major issues such as history and Taiwan, according to Chinese state media on Saturday.

Princess Yuriko became the sister-in-law of Japan's World War II-era Emperor Hirohito when she married his brother Prince Mikasa.

She married the brother of wartime Emperor Hirohito less than two months before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Princess Yuriko of Japan, the wife of Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family, died on Friday in Tokyo. She was 101. Her death, in a hospital, was announced by the Imperial Household Agency.

Indonesia coach Shin Tae-yong believes his team can continue to challenge for a place at the World Cup finals, despite reaching the halfway point in Asia's third round of preliminaries bottom of their qualifying group.

Japan hammered a hapless Indonesia side 4-0 on Friday, extending their lead at the top of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup and edging them closer to an eighth consecutive spot at football's premier spectacle.