Hirosue, 44, allegedly kicked a nurse and scratched her arm at a hospital in Shimada, Shizuoka prefecture, past midnight ...

TOKYO -- After Hong Kong's stock market opened the week as one of the worst performers amid a trade war-induced global ...

SYDNEY -- Japanese direct investment in Australia reached a record 141.1 billion Australian dollars ($84.7 billion) in 2024, driven by real estate and resources projects.

The market rout triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs was exacerbated on Monday after the president doubled down on his aggressive trade policy, with the Tokyo Stock Price Index ...

NEW DELHI -- Deepak Chakraborty has watched his stock of woolen blouses -- once a winter wardrobe essential for women -- gather dust instead of attracting customers since December last year. The ...

PHNOM PENH -- Shorter contracts with fewer protections, job losses or resigning to look for work overseas. These are the bleak choices Cambodian factory workers and their union representatives say ...

JAKARTA -- The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Composite index tumbled 9.2% to 5,912 on Tuesday morning, reflecting growing ...

SHANGHAI -- China's currency fell to its lowest level against the U.S. dollar in 19 months on Tuesday after the central bank set its reference rate weaker amid a rapidly escalating trade war. The ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's Nikkei share average climbed 6% on Tuesday, rebounding from a one-and-a-half-year low hit in the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Ryosei Akazawa has been appointed as trade negotiator with the ...

SEOUL -- South Koreans will vote to elect a new president on June 3, the acting president announced on Tuesday, as the country seeks to regroup from a monthslong political crisis.