TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain Lawson aims to increase the number of its overseas stores to 14,000 in the coming six years, mainly in Asia, to equal its current number in Japan. The ...

TOKYO -- The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record 10.5 million during the first quarter, helped by an influx of Chinese tourists thanks to easing visa rules and cheaper flight tickets.

Hongkong Post announced that it would stop accepting surface mail parcels destined for the U.S. with immediate effect, ...

The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva: Members of the international body agreed on a deal on April 16 aimed at ...

TOKYO -- Nikkei said on Wednesday that it will add BayCurrent, a Japanese consulting firm, to its Nikkei 225 Climate Change 1.5°C Target Index. No stock will be removed from the index, with the ...

Fabrizio Bozzato is Program Director at the Department of Planning and Coordination of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Riccardo Puliti is the International Finance Corporation’s regional vice president ...

SYDNEY/TOKYO -- Australia's BHP Group is preparing to open its first potash mine in Canada, a foray into a new field that, ...

TOKYO -- Japanese film studio and theater operator Toho aims to strengthen its overseas business following the success of its ...

(Reuters) -- ASM, the world's biggest supplier of computer chip-making equipment, said on Wednesday that tariffs were increasing uncertainty for its outlook for 2025 and 2026. Chief Executive Officer ...

HANOI -- Vietnam's rush to halve the number of provinces by September, lay off at least one fifth of its civil servants by ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China appointed as its new trade negotiator on Wednesday a former representative to the World Trade ...

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- Chinese shares are facing renewed risk of being delisted in the U.S. after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said such a move was possible, refueling a long-running dispute.