On a small coastal plot in the town of Futaba, located in northeastern Japan's Fukushima prefecture, an ultramodern textile ...

HO CHI MINH CITY -- VinFast is offering discounts on electric vehicles to owners of gas-powered cars in Vietnam, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, seizing on drivers' anxiety caused by the war in ...

SEOUL -- Escalating U.S. military engagement in the Middle East is fueling anxiety among Washington's East Asian partners over America's security commitment, specifically whether President Donald ...

KATHMANDU -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party, founded three years ago by a former television host, has secured the pole position in Nepal's parliamentary elections held last week, putting its 35-year-old ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet has submitted a bill to the Diet to amend the Immigration Control Act, marking the government's latest move in its aim to push forward ...

Russia's consulate in the Iranian city of Isfahan was damaged in shelling earlier this week, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. An attack on a diplomatic ...

Currency option trades that bet on the yen weakening against the dollar reached their highest level in roughly a month and a half on Tuesday, as uncertainty over U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran kept ...

TOKYO -- Nippon Steel will raise steel sheet prices for retail and secondary processing manufacturers from May shipments, its first price hike since March 2024 shipments, due to rising raw material ...

The U.S. military has hit and "completely destroyed" 10 inactive mine-laying vessels, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, warning that any mines laid in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran must be ...

BENGALURU -- India on Tuesday relaxed rules that have restricted Chinese investments in local companies, continuing a thaw in ties between two nations that fought in a deadly border clash nearly six ...

Wall Street stocks ticked lower while oil prices pulled back on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared the Middle East war could be "over soon" even as the U.S. and Israel pounded Iran ...

Hokkaido among potential host candidates to signal interest in 2027 bidding ...