TOKYO -- Japan's defense budget will rise to nearly 2% of the economy this fiscal year, but the government is likely to face pressure from the Trump administration to expand spending further despite ...

Treasury yields shot up as investors dumped the assets last Wednesday after President Donald Trump imposed steep "reciprocal" tariffs on imports from U.S. trade partners. The Trump administration ...

NEW YORK -- U.S. activist investor Dalton Investments will propose replacing the entire board of Fuji Media Holdings, Nikkei has learned, as the Japanese group tries to recover from sexual assault ...

Kris Sidial, co-chief investment officer at the volatility arbitrage firm Ambrus Group, was staring at his monitor in his New York office. It was July 31, 2024, the day after the Bank of Japan ...

Danantara, Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund launched by Prabowo in February, said in a statement on Tuesday that it and the Qatar Investment Authority will each contribute $2 billion to the joint ...

SEOUL (AP) -- South Korea said Tuesday it will expand its financial support package for its crucial semiconductor industry to 33 trillion won (about $23 billion) in part of efforts to address ...

SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government has asked Indonesia about a report in the defense publication Janes that Russia has requested basing military ...

The Japanese automaker will increase the production of vehicles in the U.S. by up to 30% over two to three years. That will enable Honda to meet 90% of unit sales in the country with locally produced ...

A record 30,000 exporters were taking part in the Canton Fair in the southern city of Guangzhou, according to local media. Meanwhile, more than 200,000 overseas buyers had registered as of Sunday, up ...

SINGAPORE -- Singapore's general election on May 3 will be a key test of public confidence in Lawrence Wong's leadership.

HONG KONG -- China Southern Airlines has suspended the sale of 10 Boeing airplanes as the carrier expects the fallout from tit-for-tat tariffs by the U.S. and China to disrupt future deliveries from ...

BOSTON (AP) -- Harvard University announced Monday that it won't comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration ...