NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- An explosion occurred Monday near the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, slightly injuring four Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ...

South Korea's new president spoke by phone with his Japanese counterpart on Monday, agreeing to work toward stronger bilateral ties and three-way cooperation with their shared ally, the U.S. The ...

SHANGHAI -- Starbucks on Monday said it will lower the price of some iced drinks in China by an average of 5 yuan (70 cents) starting Tuesday, aiming to appeal to the country's price-conscious ...

TOKYO -- Nikkei announced on Monday a proposed revision to the methodology of the Nikkei 225 to address cases in which ...

The election of Lee Jae-myung as South Korea's president represents a decisive return to progressive leadership in Seoul, yet ...

TOKYO -- China can drive global climate negotiations as the U.S. backtracks from its engagements, said the chief negotiator for Azerbaijan, which hosted the most recent COP29 talks, citing Beijing's ...

Chikusui Canycom, based in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture, has sold its products in 55 countries. President Yoshimitsu Kaneyuki frequently travels abroad to help market his company's products. Turkey, ...

The benchmark KOSPI climbed 2% to 2,867.27 at one point, with SK Hynix up 3.8% and Samsung Electronics up 2.2%. The index has jumped nearly 7% since the presidential election held on Tuesday and is in ...

An explosion occurred at an ammunition storage area inside the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, southern Japan, on Monday and there has been a report of an unknown number of injuries, a ...

TOKYO/SHANGHAI -- China's exports grew at a slower pace in May while consumer prices fell for a fourth straight month, official data showed on Monday, hours before U.S and Chinese trade negotiators ...

When Chinese nickel producer Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt launched a new project in Indonesia, the shortage of truck drivers proved so acute it had to set up its own driving school.

Gross domestic product shrank an annualized 0.2% in the three months through March 31, showed revised data from the Cabinet Office, rather than 0.7% announced on May 16 which matched economists' ...