SYDNEY -- After months of heavy lobbying and fierce competition, an upgraded version of Japan's Mogami-class frigate has been selected by Australia for its new fleet of warships, setting the scene for ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Hiroshima called Wednesday for young people to take on the challenge of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and urged nations to rise above self-interest to end conflicts, ...

NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Tsusho, the Japanese automaker's trading arm, is making inroads into the African consumer market by ...

HONG KONG/TAIPEI -- Chinese automakers and chip companies are racing to replace products from Nvidia and other foreign chip ...

HANOI -- In Vietnam, where two-wheelers are king, government efforts to ban gasoline-powered scooters and other two-wheeled ...

TOKYO -- Japanese e-commerce group Mercari scored its highest consolidated profit ever at 26.1 billion yen ($177 million) for ...

OSAKA/TOKYO -- Japanese drugmaker Sumitomo Pharma has applied for approval in Japan of a stem cell-based Parkinson's disease ...

Economists have warned since Trump returned to the White House in January that his combination of import tariffs and erratic ...

BANGKOK/HANOI -- Thailand faces a $1.85 billion loss in trade with Cambodia this year unless the sides reach a lasting resolution to the conflict, according to a Thai government estimate, as the two ...

TOKYO -- Japanese nursing care provider Sompo Care has begun full-scale recruitment of trainees from India, part of an effort ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group plans to raise return on equity to 12%, comparable with U.S. finance giants ...

MUMBAI -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned of higher trade tariffs on India over the South Asian nation's ...