TOKYO -- A nightly comedy show organized by the Japanese entertainment agency Yoshimoto Kogyo Holdings is quickly becoming a ...

HONG KONG -- Film director Oliver Chan Siu Kuen says she "used to be one of those people who blamed the mothers when their ...

TOKYO -- Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart has begun selling clothing items from its private brand (PB) Convenience ...

TOKYO -- In art and design, "less is more." So said the renowned German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the last ...

LIMA, Peru -- Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Saturday that China was ready to work with Donald Trump for a smooth transition and improved relations.

KYIV (Kyodo) -- The foreign ministers of Japan and Ukraine on Saturday agreed to launch a high-level security policy dialogue ...

CHIBA, Japan -- The Japanese city of Urayasu -- home to Tokyo Disney Resort -- is preparing to start taxing tourists as early ...

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan -- Utsunomiya, a city just northeast of Tokyo, wants to be a major destination for global MICE -- meetings, ...

SEOUL -- When Kim Kang-woo saw video footage appearing to show North Korean soldiers in Russia, he thought of the peers he ...

Jared Ragland is senior director, policy (APAC) at The Software Alliance (BSA). The government of Vietnam has an important opportunity to shape the country's digital future as it prepares to move ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- After two days of meetings in Lima that rarely ventured beyond platitudes in discussing the strategies of robust economic engagement, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ...

TOKYO -- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will invest 50 billion yen ($320 million) through March 2029 to develop a generative AI system that will handle a wide range of tasks, including avatars that ...