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Prime Minister of Vanuatu Jotham Napat (left) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shake hands after signing the Nakamal agreement during the Australia-Vanuatu Leaders¡¯ Meeting at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2026
Australia and Vanuatu agree deal after impasse over China ties
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Vanuatu counterpart, Jotham Napat, signed the Nakamal Agreement in Canberra on Monday.
President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Yuji Iwasawa (center) and other members issue an advisory opinion on nations' legal obligations to address climate change, at The Hague on Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 24, 2025
Top U.N. court says treaties compel wealthy nations to curb global warming
The International Court of Justice said countries must address the ¡°urgent and existential threat¡± of climate change.
Vanuatu's Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu (left) welcomes United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the tarmac of Port Vila's international airport, on May 18, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 23, 2025
Vanuatu calls upcoming ICJ ruling a ¡®game-changer¡¯ for climate justice
Vanuatu¡¯s climate change minister says he hopes the International Court of Justice will say it is the ¡°legal obligation of states to address climate change.¡±
Australian rescue crews work at the site of a collapsed building on Friday after an earthquake struck Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2024
Rescuers extend search for Vanuatu quake survivors
The 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the main island of Vanuatu on Tuesday.
A member of security inspecting a collapsed building in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila after a powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 17, 2024
Major quake crushes buildings in Vanuatu capital; bodies seen
The 7.3 magnitude quake struck at a depth of 57 kilometers at 12:47 pm, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown shake hands during 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting on Thursday in Tokyo.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 18, 2024
With eye on China, Japan deepens ties with Pacific islands at Tokyo summit
Collaborations have been agreed in seven fields, including technology and connectivity, climate change, people-centered development and security.
The U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class maritime security cutter USCGC Bertholf pulls into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii in June 2012.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2024
U.S. Coast Guard rebuts China¡¯s criticism of South Pacific vessel boardings
Last month six Chinese fishing boats were found to be violating Vanuatu¡¯s fisheries law by local police on board a U.S. Coast Guard boat.
Young villagers gather on the black sand beach in the village of Waisisi in Tanna, Vanuatu.
ENVIRONMENT / Oceans
Sep 11, 2023
Sinking islands turn to court as they fight for climate survival
The latest legal push comes amid frustration among island states and developing nations that the world is addressing global warming too slowly.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2023
A climate-vulnerable nation takes the world to court over emissions
After the world failed to boost targets for cutting emissions at last year¡¯s climate summit, the Volcanic atoll in the South Pacific is turning to international law.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2023
After cyclones leave many homeless, Vanuatu takes climate plea to world stage
More than 3,000 people are still in evacuation centers three weeks after two category-four cyclones hit Vanuatu, which has a population of 319,000 spread across 80 islands.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 13, 2022
Pacific looks to international court for help on climate
Vanuatu is spearheading a campaign to ask the Hague-based tribunal ¡®to protect the rights of present and future generations against the effects of climate change.¡¯
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 30, 2022
China and Pacific island nations unable to reach consensus on security pact
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday urged the Pacific region not to be ¡®too anxious¡¯ about his country¡¯s aims after a meeting in Fiji with his counterparts from 10 island nations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2020
South Pacific cyclone and coronavirus create ¡®perfect storm¡¯ of worry
As deadly Cyclone Harold churns through the South Pacific, small island nations in its path are struggling to balance responses to the disaster with maintaining efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, officials warned Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2019
Vanuatu nabs six Chinese nationals for allegedly running internet scam
Authorities in Vanuatu have arrested six Chinese nationals following Chinese complaints they were operating an internet scam from the Pacific island, media reported Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 29, 2018
Strong quake sends small tsunami radiating out to South Pacific islands
Tsunami waves as tall as a meter above the tide level were possible along the coasts of Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu following a powerful earthquake in the South Pacific, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 20, 2017
Small tsunami detected after M7 undersea temblor strikes near New Caledonia, prompting evacuations
A powerful magnitude 7 undersea earthquake struck east of New Caledonia¡¯s Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific on Monday, sending small tsunami toward New Caledonia and neighboring Vanuatu, where authorities ordered evacuations.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2016
Center eases tsunami alert over strong quake off Vanuatu
Officials wound back an initial tsunami threat issued after a large earthquake struck off the coast of the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2015
Food concerns mount in Vanuatu after monster cyclone
International aid agencies ramped up appeals for cyclone-hit Vanuatu on Wednesday, warning that the powerful storm that affected more than two-thirds of the South Pacific island nation had wiped out crops and destroyed fishing fleets, raising the risk of hunger and disease.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2015
Aid agencies to begin helicopter flights to cyclone-stricken Vanuatu
International aid agencies are preparing to begin emergency helicopter flights on Tuesday to the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2015
Vanuatu suffers major damage from cyclone
The first reports from the outer islands of Vanuatu on Monday painted a picture of utter destruction after a monster cyclone tore through the Pacific island nation.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
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Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
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