The DeepSeek moment has been likened to the Sputnik moment of the 1950s, when technologists in the U.S. -- the world's most ...

TOKYO -- Japanese trading company Itochu plans to begin operating in 2028 a vessel that supplies ammonia fuel to other ships, ...

SINGAPORE -- Singapore is hoping that its biggest initial public offering in years will stir investor interest for the city-state's market, which observers say has stalled in attracting notable ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russia's top diplomat his country was ready to "unconditionally ...

KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Taiwanese rocket crashed shortly after lifting off from a private spaceport in northern Japan, ...

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government has partly lifted a blanket ban on exporting the totoaba, a large fish prized in China ...

China and Russia declared a "no limits" partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing, days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Putin has sometimes described China as an ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- ASEAN projected its growing global influence last week as ministers from major powers gathered in Kuala Lumpur for the bloc's annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), but this stood in stark ...

In Japan, Tokyo's relations with Washington will be in focus at the weekend, when one of the U.S.'s main trade negotiators visits the country and voters head to the polls to cast their ballots in an ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group was one of the first big Japanese banks to focus on art, launching a dedicated team in November 2021. In addition to sponsoring fairs and providing opportunities to ...

NAGOYA, Japan -- A ceramics maker in central Japan's Aichi prefecture is luring a new wave of tourists with maneki-neko beckoning cats.

It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Masamune Shirow's 1989 manga classic "Ghost in the Shell" -- which presents a ...