TOKYO -- Chugai Pharmaceutical has invested in a total of four European and American startups through its corporate venture capital arm, the Japanese company said Friday.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump to meet in Canada on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit next week.

SAPPORO, Japan -- The town of Urakawa in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido increasingly relies on workers from India to support its main industry of racehorse breeding, with farms hiring ...

MUMBAI -- The crash of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner on Thursday, the deadliest such incident globally in a decade with 241 confirmed fatalities, has set back the plans of one of India's largest ...

TOKYO -- Nikkei will add Oji Holdings and six other shares to the constituents of the Nikkei 225 High Dividend Yield Stock 50 Index on June 30 as part of periodic review, the index provider said on ...

TOKYO -- Nikkei will on June 30 reshuffle the constituents of two dividend-related indexes -- the Nikkei Consecutive Dividend Growth Stock Index and the Nikkei Progressive and High Dividend Stock ...

NEW DELHI -- India and China have agreed to "expedite steps" for resuming direct air service between the two countries, which was suspended over five years ago, the Indian foreign ministry said on ...

JAKARTA/SINGAPORE -- Indonesia will export electricity generated from renewable energy sources to neighboring Singapore, the two countries have agreed, as they deepen their collaboration on green ...

TOKYO -- Oil prices jumped and Asian stocks dropped Friday after Israel's attack on Iran escalated political tensions, ...

PHNOM PENH -- Mobile internet services were disrupted across Cambodia on Friday after Prime Minister Hun Manet instructed officials to cut internet and electricity connections with Thailand as border ...

Mongolia on Tuesday confirmed Zandanshatar Gombojav as its new prime minister, after his predecessor lost a confidence vote last week. The ruling Mongolian People's Party (MPP) nominated Zandanshatar, ...

Young prime minister should be held to account at international forums ...