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The guidelines are part of Abe's wider signal that Japan is ready to take more responsibility for its security as China modernizes its military and flexes its muscles in Asia.

Earnings season is in full swing this week, with quarterly results from Apple, Twitter, LinkedIn and more.

The ratings agency said that the country had not done enough to reassure investors that it was addressing fiscal stability goals.

Chinese stocks led Asian equities to seven-year highs on expectations of more stimulus from Beijing.

The bad news may be true.

Recent easing -- and the halving of crude-oil prices, supposedly a windfall for consumers -- have not changed the global outlook all that much.

The Facebook Safety Check app asks users in disaster zones whether they are safe.

Japan had, until now, very few rules regulating the use of drones. But the incident has prompted officials to conduct an emergency meeting to discuss stricter rules.

In celebration of Arbor Day, it’s common to plant a tree.

The cause of the radiation is unknown, but officials suspect that an object buried underground may be responsible.

No one expected Chile’s Calbuco volcano, which had been mostly quiet for five decades, to suddenly pop its top.

After a brief rebound in February, the index has now been back in negative territory for two consecutive months.

As tensions rise, Chinese experts have raised their estimates of Pyongyang's nuclear capability.

Starbuck is expanding in China and rolling out home delivery and wine-bar evening service.

Legislation on Capitol Hill would up the maximum Pell Grant award, let students use it for three semesters and extend access to immigrants.

Japanese officials are looking for the drone's owner and investigating how it landed on top of the five-storey building.

The average Internet speed attained by neighbors Japan and South Korea is four times that of China.

Negotiations to revise the existing pact, signed in 1974, have been going on for nearly five years.

Asian equities have found support from Chinese measures to spur lending and combat a slowing economy.

A Japanese cabinet minister and about 150 lawmakers on Tuesday visited Yasukuni Shrine, seen by critics as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, sparking anger among Asian neighbors a day before U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in the region.

The Raytheon-built missile defense system is often heralded as the world's best.