HONG KONG/TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's haphazard tariff policies have fueled waves of export "front-loading" as Asian manufacturers of everything from computer chips to toys rushed shipments ...

BANGKOK -- Thailand's revered and tradition-bound community of saffron-robed Buddhist monks, long regarded as the moral ...

DALIAN, China -- Live-in postpartum helpers are increasingly popular in China despite their high prices as its culture ...

NAGO, Japan -- Junglia Okinawa opened in Japan's southernmost prefecture on July 25, and I had the privilege of visiting the ...

HOUSTON, Texas/PALO ALTO, California -- American technology giants are moving to procure more electricity from nuclear plants as demand for power-hungry artificial intelligence grows sharply.

(Reuters) -- Miyu Yamashita won the Women's Open by two shots to claim the first major of her career after the 24-year-old kept Charley Hull and Minami Katsu at bay to become the fourth different ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely talk "over the next number of days" after the U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on goods not covered by ...

TOKYO -- Japan's IT industry experienced the steepest decline in labor productivity among the Group of Seven leading industrialized economies between 2019 and 2023, as the sector's growing workforce ...

Hagiuda, also a former LDP policy chief, was known as a confidant of Abe, who once led the party's largest faction that was influential in selecting prime ministers. Abe, Japan's longest-serving ...

Hagiuda, also a former LDP policy chief, was known as a confidant of Abe, who once led the party's largest faction that was influential in selecting prime ministers. Abe, Japan's longest-serving ...

TOKYO -- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group will launch a fund to purchase shares of unlisted startups in an effort to develop the ...

SINGAPORE -- With a bar scene that regularly ranks among the world's best, Singapore has earned its reputation as the cocktail capital of Asia. In 2024, it stood shoulder to shoulder with London and ...