TOKYO -- Japan and South Korea will allow their citizens to obtain working holiday visas twice, ending the current one-time limit, Nikkei has learned. The neighbors aim to encourage more young people ...

(Reuters) -- Hong Kong's stock exchange operator said on Wednesday its first-half profit rose almost 40% to a record 8.52 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.09 billion), driven by a sharp increase in daily ...

TOKYO -- Major stock markets in Asia were weaker Wednesday as investor sentiment turned negative following a tech selloff in the U.S.

Mandeep Dhaliwal is director of the HIV and Health Group at the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP). Osamu Kunii is chief executive officer and executive director at the Tokyo-based Global Health ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for closer ties between Africa and countries around the Indian Ocean and promised more investment in the region.

NEW DELHI -- In a major diplomatic breakthrough, China has promised to address India's concerns regarding Beijing's export ...

SHANGHAI -- Chinese toymaker Pop Mart International Group said it plans to expand its overseas store count by more than 40% by the end of the year, after the global frenzy over its Labubu dolls fueled ...

SINGAPORE/TOKYO -- Incidents of piracy and armed robbery have roughly quadrupled this year around the straits of Malacca and Singapore, key Southeast Asian shipping lanes that have seen an uptick in ...

ISLAMABAD -- The U.S. government has designated an anti-China militant group in Pakistan as a terrorist organization in a rare move that analysts say is likely to support Beijing and Islamabad's ...

YANGON -- Myanmar's military regime forced its controversial Cybersecurity Law into effect on July 30, significantly complicating daily business operations and posing new threats to the digital ...

TOKYO -- Japan's exports fell for the third consecutive month in July, dragged down by slowing trade with the U.S., its biggest export market, due to President Donald Trump's tariffs.

DHAKA -- With Bangladesh having secured a lower or equal U.S. tariff rate to its competitors, the country's garment makers are now expecting increases in orders of as much as 15% compared with the ...