With two weeks to go before the 9th Asian Winter Games open in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on Feb 7, the host delegation ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, ...

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A high pressure system will slowly move east to reach the Tasman Sea this evening, while a trough lingers over the northern inland. On Monday and Tuesday, this inland trough is forecast to deepen and ...