BANGKOK -- Panasonic is turning to high-tech hair dryers and other premium beauty devices to help make over its sales in Southeast Asia, betting the kinds of products that have long dominated store ...

TOKYO -- The outcome of this weekend's summit between Seoul and Tokyo represents a break from how South Korea's political left has for decades approached relations with Japan, raising the possibility ...

NAHA, Japan -- A hotel construction frenzy has gripped Japan's subtropical Okinawa island chain, which welcomes 10 million tourists annually, domestic and foreign.

The amended Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act allows subcontracting firms' labor unions to make demands of client companies directly. It restricts the ability of employers to seek damages ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the firing of new air defense missiles to test their combat capability, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. The report came ahead of the ...

OSAKA -- With a surge of international visitors, Japanese hotels, airports and communities popular with tourists are being forced to contend with a new nuisance: suitcases discarded by travelers.

BANGKOK -- Like a 101-level university course, Thailand's Highway 101 is the ideal way to gain a basic understanding of the country's history and culture.

TOKYO -- South Korea's president said in Tokyo on Saturday that his country and Japan "now, more than ever" must strengthen their ties, as the two U.S. allies seek a newly cooperative phase in their ...

TOKYO -- Japanese consumer goods maker Kao is building a U.S. supply chain network for an ingredient in detergents and hair care products, aiming to develop value-added offerings at a new Texas ...

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -- Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said wage hikes are spreading beyond large companies and likely to keep accelerating due to a tightening job market, signaling his ...

Slowing down redevelopment is vital to protecting the human-scale social fabric that underpins this city's resilience ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) -- India's federal investigating agency said on Saturday it had opened a criminal case against industrialist Anil Ambani and his company Reliance Communications following a complaint ...