TOKYO -- SoftBank Group has been among the top performers on Tokyo's top-tier Prime market this year, surging on the back of a U.S. tech rally powered by an artificial intelligence boom.

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TOKYO -- A U.S. nonprofit organization (NPO) formed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will partner with the Japanese government to support decarbonization research and development starting in fiscal ...

TOKYO -- Japan looks to speed entry procedures for the country's growing wave of international travelers by expanding the number of airports where immigration and customs inspections can be completed ...

HANOI/BEIJING (Reuters) -- Vietnam plans to evacuate more than half a million people and has ordered boats to stay ashore, while the southern Chinese city of Sanya closed businesses and public ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold his first summit with Trump. Top of the agenda will be ironing out the details of the agreement the two sides reached in late July to lower Washington's ...

BANGKOK -- Panasonic is turning to high-tech hair dryers and other premium beauty devices to help make over its sales in Southeast Asia, betting the kinds of products that have long dominated store ...

TOKYO -- The outcome of this weekend's summit between Seoul and Tokyo represents a break from how South Korea's political left has for decades approached relations with Japan, raising the possibility ...

The amended Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act allows subcontracting firms' labor unions to make demands of client companies directly. It restricts the ability of employers to seek damages ...

NAHA, Japan -- A hotel construction frenzy has gripped Japan's subtropical Okinawa island chain, which welcomes 10 million tourists annually, domestic and foreign.

OSAKA -- With a surge of international visitors, Japanese hotels, airports and communities popular with tourists are being forced to contend with a new nuisance: suitcases discarded by travelers.

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the firing of new air defense missiles to test their combat capability, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. The report came ahead of the ...