Simon Denyer

TOKYO — President Biden has vowed to rally the United States' partners to respond to Myanmar's military coup. But persuading Asian allies to support sanctions or moves to isolate the regime will be no easy task, given extensive business interests, a…

TOKYO — As China flexes its muscles, President-elect Joe Biden is offering assurances to America's top allies in the Asia-Pacific region that he is not going to be a soft touch. Biden spoke with the leaders of Australia, Japan and South Korea on…

South Koreans are turning against the tradition of eating dog meat, and it's giving hundreds of dogs the chance for a new life in the United States and Canada. In late October, 196 dogs arrived at Dulles International Airport after being rescued from…

The whole world is watching the chaotic aftermath of the U.S. presidential race. And the whole world is wondering what is going on. Leaders around the world saw former vice president Joe Biden strengthen his path to the White House on Friday after…

As the world reckoned with another day of uncertainty over the result of the U.S. presidential election, President Trump’s premature victory claim, unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud and the threat of legal challenges continued to overshadow…

TOKYO — Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, committed his country on Monday to reaching a target of zero emissions of greenhouse gases and achieving a carbon-neutral society by 2050, with a "fundamental shift" in policy on coal use. Suga…

Those trends have forced democracies in the Asia-Pacific region closer, and Pompeo told Japan’s Nikkei newspaper he wanted to reinforce collaboration among a group of four regional powers known as the Quad — Australia, Japan, India and the United…

BEIRUT — An unforeseen summer surge of coronavirus cases in countries that had seemingly quelled their outbreaks is helping to drive the unrelenting growth of the global pandemic, undercutting predictions that a "second wave" would not occur until…

TOKYO — It's a struggle that Americans will recognize — a national leader desperately focused on the economy against a governor whose popularity has soared with attempts to bring the coronavirus under control. Japan has its own version. Playing the…

TOKYO — Indications that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is still alive and in the coastal resort of Wonsan are mounting, as satellite images showed his train apparently traveled there in the past few days, and U.S. and South Korean officials said…

Laboratory studies are underway to see how temperature and humidity affect covid-19 The novel coronavirus pandemic that has killed thousands, sickened more than 350,000 and sent major economies into a tailspin may be slowed by the upcoming changing…

HONG KONG — When authorities in Wuhan announced on Dec. 31 that they had detected a cluster of viral pneumonia in the Chinese city, with 27 cases linked to a seafood market, they said the disease was preventable and controllable, with "no obvious…

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Family life has been transformed in Japan since the coronavirus first took hold. Here's how our family — my wife Sarah, our daughter Molly and our dog Ziggy — coped these last two months, the changes and challenges, the…

TOKYO — In Japan, it has been a case of see no virus, hear no virus, speak no virus. Or more to the point, don’t test people for the novel coronavirus and perhaps the Olympics can still go ahead as planned. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is…

Moments after President Trump announced that Vice President Pence will take over the White House’s coronavirus task force, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a northern California person has contracted the coronavirus…

Twenty-eight U.S. residents flown home from the Diamond Princess cruise ship are infected with coronavirus, and health officials expect to see more positive cases among the evacuated passengers in coming days, the Centers for Disease Control and…

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Japan announced a new plan Thursday to gradually test passengers on board the stricken Diamond Princess for the new coronavirus and allow some to disembark before the end of the quarantine period, as fears rise that the virus may…

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Crew members aboard the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship say they are terrified of catching the deadly coronavirus yet aren't being afforded the same protections as the passengers they serve. Ten shipboard workers have been…

As deaths from the coronavirus topped 1,000 — nearly all of them in China — Beijing on Tuesday urged countries that have enacted travel restrictions aimed at curbing the outbreak to restore normal ties for the sake of the global economy. The appeal…