TOKYO -- As a young teenager in South Korea, Hong Sebin became fascinated with Japanese online cartoons about giant robots battling in the distant future.

BEIJING -- Foreign direct investment in China was sluggish in the second quarter, with net inflows totaling $8.7 billion, according to balance-of-payments data released Friday by the State ...

OSAKA -- Japanese arcade operator Round One is considering initial public offerings for two U.S. subsidiaries as it seeks to accelerate American business expansion and raise global brand recognition, ...

China's President Xi Jinping told Putin in a phone call that China is pleased to see Russia and the United States maintaining contact and improving ties to advance a political resolution of the ...

TOKYO -- European investigative collective Bellingcat has confirmed that a Chinese organization responsible for smuggling chemicals used to make fentanyl into the U.S. had a base of operations in ...

TOKYO -- Japanese stocks rose sharply on Friday, at one point breaching the 42,000 mark, as investors welcomed a possible U.S ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The governments of Japan and South Korea are arranging for South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to visit the ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's administration has agreed to correct a presidential order on tariffs and reimburse all ...

The combined revenues of Taisei and Toyo Construction will be about 2.32 trillion yen ($15.7 billion) for the financial year ...

TAIPEI -- China's top chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. says a growing number of domestic chip ...

BEIJING -- China is holding a steady stream of large-scale conventions showcasing its homegrown humanoid robots, stirring ...

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -- Israel's political-security cabinet approved a plan early on Friday to take control of Gaza City ...