The average daily rate for bookings on April 26, the first day of the week-long string of holidays, was 19,269 yen ($135), up 16% from the previous year, a survey of hotels across 5 major cities shows ...

SENDAI, Japan -- Japanese consumer goods manufacturer Iris Ohyama will spend $13 million to expand American production under plans announced Monday, responding to the Trump administration's tariffs on ...

OSAKA -- Nippon Electric Glass will ship samples as early as 2026 of large glass substrates it is developing for high-performance semiconductor devices, hoping that the material's heat resistance will ...

DUBAI (Reuters) -- Saudi oil giant Aramco signed a joint development agreement with Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD to explore collaboration in the development of new energy vehicle ...

Lan, former chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat Group, was once one of Vietnam's richest people, owning prime assets across the country. She was arrested in 2022 and sentenced to death and ...

NEW DELHI/DHAKA -- New Delhi this month suspended an agreement that allowed companies in Bangladesh to export to the rest of ...

TOKYO -- Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is preparing to enter the Japanese market for lightweight minicars, which is dominated by domestic manufacturers, as early as 2026, Nikkei has learned.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -- Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican ...

Pandu Sjahrir, one of Asia's best-known investors, hit the road last month to make the case for his biggest challenge to date: Danantara, Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund.

TOKYO -- Shenghe Resources Holding, a major Chinese rare-earth refiner and importer, said that its U.S. affiliate MP Materials has stopped shipping the metals to China amid the trade war between the ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese yen strengthened to the 140 range against the dollar on Monday morning amid growing expectations that the finance chiefs of the U.S. and Japan would meet on the sidelines of an ...

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