EXPLAINER: North Korean missiles getting more agile, evasive

In resuming its ballistic testing activity after a yearlong pause, North Korea has demonstrated a potentially nuclear-capable weapon that shows how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in diplomacy with the United States

China sanctions Britons after EU move on Xinjiang

China has announced sanctions on British individuals and entities following the U.K.'s joining the EU and others in sanctioning Chinese officials accused of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region

EXPLAINER: What N Korean missile tests mean for US relations

Two months after President Joe Biden took office, North Korea is again turning to weapons tests to wrest outside concessions

China attacks foreign clothing, shoe brands over Xinjiang

Chinese state TV is urging people to boycott H&M as Beijing blasts clothing and footwear brands following Western sanctions on Chinese officials accused of human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region

EXPLAINER: N. Korean missile tests follow same old playbook

Two months after President Joe Biden took office, North Korea is again turning to weapons tests to wrest outside concessions

Japan's Toyota, Isuzu, Hino join in truck technology tie up

Japanese automakers Toyota, Isuzu and Hino are forming a partnership in commercial vehicles to work together in electric, hydrogen, connected and autonomous driving technologies

Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids

Hong Kong has suspended vaccinations using Pfizer shots after the Chinese distributor informed the city that one batch had defective bottle lids

Japan spends millions on technology for absent Olympic fans

Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting about $67 million in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software to curb the spread of coronavirus infections during the Tokyo Olympics

2nd Canadian goes on trial in China on spying charges

A second Canadian citizen held for more than two years on spying charges in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of a senior executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has gone on trial at in Beijing

Naoko Takahashi, Seiko Hashimoto