TOKYO -- Japanese consumer goods maker Kao is building a U.S. supply chain network for an ingredient in detergents and hair care products, aiming to develop value-added offerings at a new Texas ...

Slowing down redevelopment is vital to protecting the human-scale social fabric that underpins this city's resilience ...

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -- Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said wage hikes are spreading beyond large companies and likely to keep accelerating due to a tightening job market, signaling his ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) -- India's federal investigating agency said on Saturday it had opened a criminal case against industrialist Anil Ambani and his company Reliance Communications following a complaint ...

PALO ALTO, California -- The electric-vehicle joint venture between Sony Group and Honda Motor has been sued by a California trade group representing auto dealerships on the grounds that selling cars ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- A referendum to push for the reopening of Taiwan's last nuclear plant failed on Saturday to reach the legal threshold to be valid, though the president said the island could return ...

PALO ALTO, California -- The U.S. government will take a roughly 10% stake in Intel in exchange for outstanding federal grants, the chipmaker said Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump touted the ...

TOKYO -- South Korea's president said in Tokyo on Saturday that his country and Japan "now, more than ever" must strengthen their ties, as the two U.S. allies seek a newly cooperative phase in their ...

OSAKA, Japan -- Small GPS trackers, designed to keep track of valuable items or children's whereabouts, are increasingly being used by stalkers, who place them in victims' belongings to monitor their ...

KAGOSHIMA, Japan -- Olive oil made in Japan's Kagoshima prefecture is gaining recognition among luxury hotels as the cultivation of olives -- a project launched a little more than a decade ago for ...

TOKYO -- The leaders of Japan and South Korea were set to meet on Saturday, as the two U.S. allies seek a newly cooperative phase in their historically tense relations.

BANGKOK -- Alibaba, Tencent and other Chinese tech companies are expanding their presence in Thailand by growing platforms for e-commerce and video streaming as well as data center infrastructure, ...