TOKYO -- This June marks the tenth anniversary of Japan's adoption of the Corporate Governance Code, which set rules for shareholder rights, disclosures and more. The code was nonbinding but took ...

PARIS (Reuters) -- France's defense ministry has approached Renault with a view to helping manufacture drones, the automaker said on Sunday, after the ministry last week floated the idea French ...

TOKYO -- Japan is considering increasing the tax burden on foreign visitors, such as by doing away with duty-free shopping and raising departure levies, as lawmakers scramble for ways to replenish ...

YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- Dassai, Japan's top sake exporter, is focusing on expanding in the U.S. as its home market shrinks, with CEO Kazuhiro Sakurai highlighting an advantage in the company's local ...

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -- Cambodia's Defense Ministry confirmed on Sunday that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to ...

In the political arena, parties and candidates will begin appealing to voters in Tokyo ahead of the Japanese capital's assembly election, while a court case involving former Thai Prime Minister ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -- Thailand and Cambodian forces will return to their previously agreed positions, Thai Defence Minister ...

The original plan to reduce JGB purchases was to last through March 2026, but that will likely be extended. The central bank ...

SHANGHAI -- Japanese office supplies and furniture company Kokuyo seeks to tap further into the Chinese market, opening a renovated showroom that highlights how its products and those from a Hong Kong ...

Amid the intensifying trade and tech war between China and the U.S. -- unleashed by President Donald Trump's tariff brinkmanship -- the U.S. is directly and indirectly pressuring its trade partners to ...

California National Guard arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday, deployed by U.S. President Donald Trump after two days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators against immigration raids carried out as ...

TOKYO -- Lead Japanese tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa expressed doubt on Sunday that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump would hold talks before the Group of Seven summit ...