WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Pete Hegseth narrowly secured enough votes on Friday to become the next U.S. defense secretary, a major victory for President Donald Trump after fierce opposition from ...

A ramen restaurant along a major road in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, recently raised the price of a popular bowl made with homemade chashu roast pork to 1,080 yen from 980 yen (about $6.90 and about ...

TOKYO -- At the Michelin-starred restaurant Mono, in Hong Kong, Ricardo Chaneton guides diners through the vibrant flavors of Latin America.

SINGAPORE -- Chinese electric vehicle makers are making an aggressive push for premium models in Southeast Asia, with a unit of Chinese state-owned automaker GAC Aion debuting luxury cars in Singapore ...

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Travel has remained a popular pastime in Myanmar despite years of conflict there, with many journeying to getaways inside the country's borders.

Chinese visitor numbers to the Australian Open, often referred to as the Grand Slam of Asia-Pacific, has hit 2,700 this year ...

India's northeastern state of Assam aims to draw investment from a wide range of Japanese companies to develop its semiconductor sector, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told Nikkei during a trip to ...

GUANGZHOU -- Kewpie has developed a recipe for success in the Chinese market: teaching people about the health benefits of ...

Aside from American companies, only Japanese companies were awarded more U.S. patents than those from China in 2024, ...

BEIJING -- One chilly Saturday evening late last year, 33,000 people gathered at Beijing Workers' Stadium to watch two of ...

As the world nears the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, it is seeing order and common sense, which many had taken for granted, being overturned. As such, the behavior of U.S. President ...

TOKYO -- Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group plans to contact big investment firms including Apollo Global ...