Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group was one of the first big Japanese banks to focus on art, launching a dedicated team in November 2021. In addition to sponsoring fairs and providing opportunities to ...

In Japan, Tokyo's relations with Washington will be in focus at the weekend, when one of the U.S.'s main trade negotiators visits the country and voters head to the polls to cast their ballots in an ...

NAGOYA, Japan -- A ceramics maker in central Japan's Aichi prefecture is luring a new wave of tourists with maneki-neko beckoning cats.

Legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao first became a world champion at the age of 19 on December 4, 1998. The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was in full swing, households were transitioning from VHS videotape to ...

TOKYO -- Australia's Cochlear, the world's largest maker of hearing implants, has built out production capacity to pursue a ...

It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Masamune Shirow's 1989 manga classic "Ghost in the Shell" -- which presents a ...

The numbers tell a stark story across Asia's most developed economies. Japan has declined to 1.15 children per woman, South Korea sits at 0.75 and Singapore remains at 0.97. These figures are far ...

(Reuters) -- President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on August 1 after weeks of negotiations with the key trading allies failed ...

TOKYO -- Bankruptcies of used car dealerships in Japan are increasing despite strong demand due to higher inflation, as a ...

BRUSSELS -- Japan and the European Union look to develop an extensive communications satellite network, a draft agreement for ...

TOKYO -- Japanese dessert maker Lotte has increased production in Indonesia, eyeing a bigger slice of the fast-growing Asian market with products catered to local tastes.

KERRVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -- President Donald Trump defended the state and federal response to deadly flash flooding in ...