LONDON -- Private equity group EQT is set to expand in Japan in a broad range of investment fields, including real estate and infrastructure, CEO Per Franzen said.

TOKYO -- The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged China to boost private consumption amid rising household savings, while warning that the full impact of tariffs has yet to be felt.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The United States said on Wednesday it was adding 15 Chinese companies to its restricted trade list for facilitating the purchase of American electronic components found in ...

PHOENIX, Arizona -- U.S. semiconductor investment is set to outpace that of major chip economies China, Taiwan and South Korea from 2027 amid a boom in AI demand and Washington's push to localize ...

(Reuters) -- Investment bank Jefferies disclosed on Wednesday that its Leucadia Asset Management fund holds about $715 million in receivables linked to bankrupt auto parts maker First Brands Group.

CHIANG MAI -- A military airstrike using motorized paragliders on a candlelit festival organized by opposition supporters in central Myanmar killed more than 20 people, including children, opposition ...

TOKYO -- The Nobel Prize in chemistry for 2025 has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, a professor at Kyoto University in Japan, and two other scientists for the development of a new form of molecular ...

Participating forces set out on Wednesday from China's military ports in Zhanjiang, Sanya, and Hong Kong, for the exercise scheduled from October 15 to 23, said the outlet, the China Military Bugle.

The Japanese companies said their joint research since 2021 on cathode materials has focused on challenges such as cathode material degradation during repeated charging and discharging cycles, and ...

BANGKOK -- The Bank of Thailand on Wednesday kept its key interest rate unchanged at 1.50% in the first policy meeting hosted by newly appointed Gov. Vitai Ratanakorn, as the central bank intends to ...

TAIPEI -- Taiwan has become the world's largest importer of Russian naphtha, with purchases of the oil product over the first half of 2025 soaring sixfold since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, ...

(Reuters) -- Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Alphabet's Google and Amazon.com, said on Tuesday it will open its first office in India next year, aiming to tap into the country ...