Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...

Washington has been looking into the world-leading dominance among Chinese shipping yards, but ‘we’re not overly concerned’, ...

Japan on Thursday formally inaugurated an independent mission to the NATO military alliance as Tokyo and NATO seek to bolster cooperation amid escalating tension from Russia, China and North Korea.

Asian stock markets broadly gained Thursday after the cool December inflation report from Washington on Wednesday was perceived as keeping the door open for US Federal Reserve easing in 2025. Hong ...

Asian stocks followed suit on Thursday, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan up 1.2% ...

The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore route also ranked fourth in the world’s busiest flight routes in 2024 with 5.38 million scheduled ...

Why is the freshly squeezed orange juice at some iJooz machines priced at S$2 but S$3 at others? CEO and founder Bruce Zhang ...

Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's largest free trade agreement by its members' GDP, marked its third anniversary on January 1. The RCEP comprises 15 countries: the 10 ...

Semiconductor stocks in Asia and Europe were on the rise after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. guided for robust sales growth this year on strong artificial-intelligence demand. Shares of the ...

Asian hedge funds delivered their strongest returns in 15 years last year, capitalising on market volatility, winners in ...

The Bank of Japan's assessment of the past 25 years, its "Review of Monetary Policy from a Broad Perspective," was finally released in December.