Japan's Sunday election could be its most consequential upper house election in years, potentially adding to political instability at a time of uncertainty over interest rates, mounting concerns about ...

Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate ...

Small and medium-sized firms like Mitsuwa Electric that form the backbone of Japan's economy have weathered many storms over ...

Beijing plans to hand out about $500 annually for each child until the age of 3, but it’s not clear if that’s enough to reverse a falling fertility rate that poses major challenges.

TOKYO — Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to ...

A new Japanese defense policy white paper showed the country was seeking to be a major military power, North Korean state ...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the administration wanted Chinese developers 'addicted” to American technology.

Pyongyang calls Tokyo’s defence white paper ‘a war scenario for realising its ambition for reinvasion from A to Z’.

Five out of the 17 Japanese nationals recently arrested on suspicion of spying or other crimes since 2015 are still in ...

Also in today’s newsletter, China’s Belt and Road Initiative expands, and Trump set to open US retirement market to crypto investments ...

Consumers' inflation expectations, by some measures, are also the highest in decades. Inflation has been above the Fed's 2% ...