TOKYO -- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group will launch a fund to purchase shares of unlisted startups in an effort to develop the ...

TOKYO -- A prolonged heatwave broiling Japan is beginning to impact crops and livestock, with vegetables becoming more ...

Sam Bresnick is a research fellow and an Andrew W. Marshall fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Security and ...

Markets Thai stock market rallies as state-backed $4.5bn fund gears up Benchmark SET index nears 2024 high, lifted by companies with high ESG ratings ...

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TOKYO -- At a nearly 40-year low versus the dollar, the yen and its sharp weakening are exercising the minds of Japanese government officials and central bankers racing to come up with an urgent ...

For International Women's Day 2024, Nikkei Asia examines the economic toll of female reproductive aging in East Asia, and spotlights the activists wor ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- A hushed solemnity settled over the Yokohama Commonwealth War Cemetery, a peaceful enclave tucked within ...

BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor is expanding procurement of Chinese parts in Thailand, home to its largest Southeast Asian production hub, seeking less costly components to improve the competitiveness of a ...

HAMBURG, Germany -- European leaders can complain to Beijing all they want about cheap Chinese electric cars flooding the continent, but their resistance may be futile.

TOKYO -- Japan, the largest consumer of tuna in the world, is importing the fish through channels that circumvent strict international regulations, Nikkei has found.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has secured a relatively favorable trade deal with the U.S., settling on a tariff rate of 19%, down from the initially threatened 29% in April, with sources revealing that ...