JAKARTA-- Kartika Riri, a 29-year-old office worker, bought medical insurance last year for the first time. "It's just an addition if I have to be hospitalized to complement the government's national ...

The bellwether Nikkei Stock Average nosedived 8.8% to 30,792.74, hitting the lowest intraday level since October 2023. It ...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said foreign governments would have to pay "a lot of money" to lift sweeping tariffs that he characterized as "medicine," as ...

TOKYO -- Japanese stocks plunged at the start of Monday trading amid an intensifying U.S. trade war with major trading partners. The bellwether Nikkei Stock Average nosedived 8.5% to 30,925.46, ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Yoshinoya Holdings is turning up the heat on its push into selling ramen as intensifying price competition ...

Hainan, known as China's Hawaii due to its tropical climate and beach resorts, is eager to attract tourists. The cap on annual tax-free spending per person in the province is 100,000 yuan ($13,800), ...

WASHINGTON/TAIPEI/VERONA, Italy (Reuters) -- More than 50 nations have reached out to the White House to begin trade talks since U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out sweeping new tariffs, top ...

TOKYO -- Japanese stocks have taken a body blow since U.S. President Donald Trump's barrage of tariffs aimed at allies and ...

TOKYO -- Japan's JFE Engineering will renovate one of the busiest bridges in Metro Manila, part of a roughly 18 billion yen ($122 million) project funded by Japan's official development assistance.

When Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba spoke to the media about the Trump administration's decision to levy a 24% tariff on all imports from Japan, his frustration was palpable.

NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor aims to have about 15 electric vehicle models of its own by 2027, up from five now, with a production base spanning Japan, China, the Americas and Southeast Asia, Nikkei ...