In China, female consumers have become a force in their own right, especially in urban areas. Spurred by rising incomes and a ...

France has expressed its stance not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court in arresting Israeli Prime Minister ...

Russia's ruble has dived to the lowest level against the US dollar since March 2022, just after its invasion of Ukraine began ...

As the leaders of Nordic and Baltic countries meet in to discuss Ukraine, their governments are warning citizens that it's ...

Craftspeople in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo are busy making porcelain figurines of snakes, the Oriental zodiac ...

Japan's Diet convened for an extraordinary session on Thursday. Key issues for debate are political funds reform and a draft ...

Sources say Japan's SoftBank Group has decided to make a fresh investment of up to 1.5 billion dollars in US-based OpenAI, ...

Business leaders from Japan's western region of Kansai say Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has expressed full support for next ...

Panasonic founder Matsushita Konosuke is still revered in Japan as the "God of Management" more than three decades after his ...

Japan's government will set up a fund of more than 1 billion dollars to help domestic companies secure supplies of copper and ...

Japan's government and ruling parties are considering removing limits on tax-free purchases by foreign visitors as part of a ...

Japanese health authorities say the influenza season has begun in Tokyo and six surrounding prefectures. The National ...