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Chinese President and party boss Xi Jinping's administration has been forced to tweak an "alcohol ban" targeting party and government officials after facing a barrage of public criticism.
TOKYO -- Return on equity at Japan-listed companies is projected to slide to the lowest level in five years as cash holdings mount, with accumulated profits outpacing growth investments and ...
JAKARTA -- Toyota Motor announced on Wednesday that it will begin producing electric vehicles in Indonesia this year, ...
HONG KONG -- Amazon is shutting down its AI Lab in Shanghai, the latest U.S. tech giant to retreat from China amid ongoing ...
TOKYO/WASHINGTON -- Japan and the U.S. sealed a trade agreement on Tuesday after Tokyo's lead tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa focused his engagement on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the U.S.
TOKYO -- With Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba facing growing pressure to resign after Sunday's upper house election, potential candidates for the post are starting to position themselves for ...
PALO ALTO, California -- U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his administration's long-awaited "action plan" for artificial intelligence on Wednesday, laying out a largely hands-off, pro-innovation ...
Tokyo promised to buy 100 Boeing airplanes, purchase $8 billion in agricultural and other products, and increase defense ...
Asia-based biopharmaceutical supply chains are facing a peak period of geopolitically induced uncertainty. Washington is the key source of this upheaval, with industry strategies simultaneously ...
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese drone companies are looking to build up a supply chain with Japanese companies through an industrial association established last year.
B-R 31 Ice Cream, which operates the brand's ice cream stores in Japan, begins exports to Baskin-Robbins franchise locations in Indonesia this month, and shipments to Malaysia start next year. The two ...
TOKYO -- Prefectural governors from across Japan have united in urging the national government to open the doors wider for immigrants to prop up regional industry and society.