The road cave-in accident happened on Tuesday at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, creating a ...

BANGKOK -- Thailand's Criminal Court on Friday cleared former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to visit Malaysia for his first overseas trip since returning home in 2023. Thaksin was given permission ...

TOKYO -- The first meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump is being arranged for Feb. 7 in Washington, with the two leaders expected to affirm the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Overnight stays at accommodation facilities in Japan by Japanese and foreign travelers rose 5.5% in 2024 from the previous year to a record 651.49 million, preliminary government data ...

Reactions to the Chinese app's sudden global fame have varied among market participants, U.S. officials and tech companies, ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Fossil fuel-dependent Indonesia plans to build nuclear power plants with the capacity of about 4 gigawatts (GW) in a bid for cleaner energy, an adviser to President Prabowo ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Taiwan's digital ministry said on Friday that government departments should not use Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) service, saying that as the product is ...

(Reuters) -- Myanmar's ruling military has extended a state of emergency for another six months, state media reported on Friday, a day ahead of the four-year anniversary of a coup that plunged the ...

Honda Motor and Nissan Motor have said they will determine the next steps in their planned merger by the end of January.

BANGKOK -- Leading Thai electricity company EGCO Group has divested its entire stake in a U.S. power plant, using proceeds from the sale to fund renewable energy projects.

TOKYO -- Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that Washington continues to consider the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands as included under their ...

More automotive and aerospace shipments to the U.S. are under scrutiny as officials step up efforts to block imports believed ...