Celebration of Japan's new imperial era a big opportunity for business...

North Korea says it has test-fired a new type of "tactical guided weapon," its first such test in nearly half a year, and demands Washington remove Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear negotiat...

Stock markets are subdued as investors look to corporate earnings reports and mixed economic data...

Japan's top court rejects appeal by Nissan ex-chairman Ghosn's lawyers against extended detention...

Philippine diplomats say they have started evacuating a small group of Filipinos from the Libyan capital after it was hit by a barrage of rocket fire that wounded one Filipino...

Asian stocks sink after Wall Street declines despite encouraging Chinese economic data...

The Associated Press named Vineeta Deepak, an experienced video journalist and bedrock member of its Indian staff, as its South Asia news director...

The wife of Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan and Renault, says she is worried whether her husband, detained in Japan on financial misconduct allegations, will get a fair trial...

Shares are mostly higher in Europe and Asia after China reported its economy expanded at a better than expected rate of 6.4% in the last quarter...

Terry Gou, the head of the world's largest contract assembler of consumer electronics, including Apple's iPhones, says he plans to run for president of Taiwan...