BANGKOK/HANOI/SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asian countries are scrambling to tackle falling birth rates, with Vietnam abolishing ...

TOKYO -- Activist investors have targeted at least 50 Japanese companies with shareholder proposals so far in 2025, a record ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Nippon Steel and the Trump administration on Thursday asked a U.S. appeals court to extend a pause in ...

The cargo ship Morning Midas, carrying approximately 3,000 vehicles, including around 800 EVs, was abandoned on Tuesday after ...

TOKYO -- Prices of rare-earth metals remain close to record highs, elevated by sudden scarcity due to Chinese export curbs, with little relief expected soon on these critical materials for advanced ...

SEOUL -- South Korea's newly inaugurated President Lee Jae-myung and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Washington's tariff policy as well as their golfing skills in their first phone conversation ...

TOKYO -- The AI memory chip business is becoming more specialized but also more reliant on a small number of "locked-in" ...

MUMBAI -- The Reserve Bank of India cut its key policy rate on Friday by an unexpectedly sharp 50 basis points to 5.5%, its ...

NAIROBI -- Facing the prospect of heavy U.S. tariffs and a broader turn toward protectionism, Kenya will work toward greater economic integration with the rest of Africa and seek trade opportunities ...

MUMBAI -- The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday slashed its key policy rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, ...

TOKYO -- Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings is investing around $50 million in Circle Internet Group, issuer of the dollar-backed USDC stablecoin, in hopes of helping the virtual currency ...

CHIBA, Japan -- In the DSEI Japan defense equipment show last month, motorcycle maker Kawasaki Motors and carmaker Subaru ...