TOKYO -- Mizuho Financial Group plans to reduce its Japanese administrative staff of around 15,000 by as much as a third over ...

The U.S. has maintained a strict trade embargo on Cuba since 1962, the year after a failed, CIA-sponsored invasion of the ...

TOKYO -- Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan has reversed a plan to close refineries in Japan, choosing to maintain six ...

A mother of a man killed in the Philippines' "war on drugs" speaks from Quezon City, Philippines, in an ICC pre-trial hearing ...

Travelers and residents wanting to see this year's sakura -- Japan's famous cherry blossoms -- may want to plan for about a week earlier than usual, according to projecti ...

Automobile prices in Japan have soared over the last decade, with the starting price for Toyota Motor's Corolla up roughly 60% since 2015, as inflation makes parts more expensive while safety and fuel ...

NEW YORK -- OpenAI has finalized a funding round with Amazon, chipmaker Nvidia and Japanese tech investor SoftBank Group that ...

During a kitchen tour at Dewakan, Malaysia's only two-Michelin-starred restaurant, the server holds out a fruit that looks like a wood apple and is the size of a rugby ball.

KYOTO, Japan -- Lodging taxes in the city of Kyoto will rise to as much as 10,000 yen ($64) per person nightly effective ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's plan to import 100,000 light commercial vehicles from India is drawing fire from supporters of the Southeast Asian country's struggling auto industry.

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's defense minister said that his country ran out of "patience" and considers that there is now an ...

Capable AI tools that can replace humans could also replace entire companies, or at least eat away at their profit margins.