TOKYO -- Japan is mired in a digital services trade deficit, with the red ink reaching 3.48 trillion yen ($23.6 billion) in the first half of 2025, reflecting the country's reliance on overseas tech ...

TOKYO -- Seven major Japanese automakers lose an estimated 3 billion yen ($20.3 million) in combined profits each day that the U.S. delays lowering auto tariffs under the countries' recent agreement, ...

OSAKA -- Japanese drugmaker Shionogi is planning to build a plant in the U.S. to produce the antibiotic cefiderocol, Nikkei learned Friday, seeking to switch exports to local production as President ...

TOKYO -- New data provides a rare look at how North Korean IT engineers earn foreign currency by using false identification and controlling computers in other countries, luring companies to hire them ...

TOKYO -- Google will roll out its AI-powered search tool in Japan, with the free service set to come online by the end of the year at the earliest.

(Reuters) -- U.S. gold futures surged to a record on Friday after a report that Washington has imposed tariffs on imports of 1-kilogram bullion bars, widening the spread between New York futures and ...

TOKYO -- The new American president and CEO of Olympus on Friday vowed a speedy response to fresh safety issues raised by U.S. regulators, seeking to restore customer confidence and revive a share ...

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

(AP) -- Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says he's "always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards" after President Donald Trump said he should resign.

BENGALURU/MUMBAI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has so far refrained from commenting directly on the new trade war with the U.S., one stoked by President Donald Trump repeatedly raising tariffs on ...

TOKYO/HONG KONG -- Joshua Wong Chi-fung, one of the best-known faces of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, appeared in court in the city on Friday to face a new national security charge.

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