TSUKUBA, Japan -- Japanese researchers have succeeded in growing black truffles continuously at a site in Gifu prefecture, it ...

BANGKOK -- Chinese carmakers unveiled new hybrid models at the biannual Bangkok motor show on Thursday, eschewing the electric vehicles that have made them household names in Thailand to attract ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- There was a sense of the new in Sri Lanka's parliament on Nov. 21 that went far beyond it being the day of the inaugural sitting after a general election the previous week. Of the ...

SEOUL -- Korean Air Lines, South Korea's top carrier, said Thursday that it would merge with No. 2 player Asiana Airlines by the end of the year, following years of negotiations with regulators. The ...

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to launch a takeover bid for WealthNavi, Japan's largest robo-adviser platform, Nikkei has learned. The megabank, which in February took a stake of ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -- The Israeli military said its air force struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in ...

TOKYO -- U.S. investment funds, including Bain Capital, KKR, and Fortress Investment Group, have bid for Seven & i Holdings' ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Hong Kong plans to waive tax on investment gains from cryptocurrencies and other alternative assets ...

BEIJING (AP) -- China has suspended a high-ranking military official while he is being investigated, its Defense Ministry ...

TOKYO -- Japan's SBI Shinsei Bank will raise interest rates for depositors 28 and younger to 0.3% per year, roughly three ...

Hopes Japan would be immune to the right-wing populism driven by social media and marked by "alternative facts" seen in other ...

BANGKOK -- Britain's parliament has joined a growing number of countries in explicitly backing Taiwan's right to take part in ...