NAGOYA, Japan -- Japanese auto parts supplier Denso appears set to reach a long-sought agreement to sell its spark plug operations to domestic rival Niterra, Nikkei learned Friday, as industry players ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 -- Net profit at Japan's listed companies fell 12% on the year for the April-June period, the first decline for that quarter since 2022, as American tariffs and the strong yen led to sluggish ...

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.