Kura Sushi Inc. has won bragging rights among sushi chains, announcing on March 2 that it had been recognized by Guinness ...

Precision motors giant Nidec Corp. is facing a potential 250 billion yen ($1.6 billion) loss after a third-party investigation uncovered widespread accounting fraud across the group, which it blamed ...

BEIJING--China’s progress in building a modern economy, evident in its kung-fu fighting robots and self-parking cars, is hitting limits as a downturn in its housing industry drags on, small businesses ...

BANGKOK--The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to more than 10,000 prisoners and reduced the sentences of ...

Major Japanese shipping companies have suspended navigation through the globally crucial Strait of Hormuz amid the heightened ...

SEOUL--U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran will reinforce the nuclear ambitions of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, say ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. will soon launch a probe, the first of its kind, into the pressure vessel at one of the hobbled reactors at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to scope out the current ...

Japan is moving forward with plans to develop mines for rare earths in Africa as China tightens its export controls on the ...

Japan’s transport ministry will limit the number of power banks allowed on flights and effectively ban their onboard use ...

Local digital currency systems are being used with increasing frequency, not only to boost local spending, but also to attract more “foreign” money from visitors, help address community issues and for ...

KYIV—As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters the fifth year with no end in sight, a senior Ukrainian official described a stark realization from peace talks with Russia and shared his ...

Fresh market volatility triggered by the Middle East conflict has heightened the chance the Bank of Japan will hold off on ‌raising rates in March, sources said, as policymakers need more time to ...