SYDNEY -- The two candidates vying at the May 3 federal election to be Australia's leader held their second televised debate ...

TOKYO -- Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings will make South Korea's third-biggest insurance firm Kyobo Life ...

Hongkong Post announced that it would stop accepting surface mail parcels destined for the U.S. with immediate effect, ...

HANOI -- Vietnam's rush to halve the number of provinces by September, lay off at least one fifth of its civil servants by ...

TOKYO -- The number of foreign visitors to Japan hit a record 10.5 million during the first quarter, helped by an influx of Chinese tourists thanks to easing visa rules and cheaper flight tickets.

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China appointed as its new trade negotiator on Wednesday a former representative to the World Trade ...

TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain Lawson aims to increase the number of its overseas stores to 14,000 in the coming six years, mainly in Asia, to equal its current number in Japan.

TOKYO -- Nikkei said on Wednesday that it will add BayCurrent, a Japanese consulting firm, to its Nikkei 225 Climate Change 1.5°C Target Index. No stock will be removed from the index, with the ...

SYDNEY/TOKYO -- Australia's BHP Group is preparing to open its first potash mine in Canada, a foray into a new field that, ...

TOKYO -- Japanese film studio and theater operator Toho aims to strengthen its overseas business following the success of its ...

GUANGZHOU -- China's economy grew 5.4% in the first three months of the year, exceeding its annual target pace of "around 5%" in what may prove to be a last spurt before an intensifying trade war with ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military government has released Chit Khine, chairman of conglomerate Eden Group, after three years in detention as the country's economy and infrastructure struggle to ...