TOKYO - New lawmaker Saria Hino takes her seat on Nov 11 as one of a record number of women in Japan’s Parliament, but while campaigning ahead of the recent election, a voter asked her: “Who’s looking ...

Naoki Hyakuta, founder of the Conservative Party of Japan, also angered many when he proposed uterus removal for women at the ...

Samsung has beaten stiff competition from other global players like Apple and Panasonic to become Southeast Asia’s top ...

Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed amid disappointing stimulus measures and weak inflation data from China. The Japan (NKY:IND) rose +0.17% showed mixed performance on Monday, with the Nikkei 225 and ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s parliament is set to elect a prime minister Monday ... Barring a major surprise in the election, ...

Under the ADB plan, the world’s richest country would guarantee up to US$1 billion of existing loans from Asia’s top ...

The EU imported 16mln tons of finished steel products from Asia in 2023, with mills from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, India and Turkey competing in a highly price-sensitive market ...

Hundreds of people on Monday set out on a nine-day march to New Zealand's capital of Wellington in protest over legislation ...

Temperatures are cooling in Japan, but interest in visiting shows no signs of abating, as autumn arrivals continue to outpace ...

A vote is mandatory following a general election, and Ishiba is expected to be re-elected in a runoff against the top ...

Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Monday after China's October inflation numbers came in lower than expected, prompting ...

Even so, Ishiba then faces the prospect of running a fragile minority government as protectionist Donald Trump regains ...