Trade deficits for Japan, Philippines widen amid AI boom and Iran war
Trade Rising oil prices pressure trade balances and currencies across Asia Statistics show that there is a divide in…
Japan turns to Canadian crude as Asia feels Hormuz supply pinch | News
Uncertainty over crude oil supplies via the Strait of Hormuz is pushing Asian states towards Canada’s TMX crude…
Chip sell-off: SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SoftBank
A semiconductor wafer is on display at Touch Taiwan, an annual display exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan April 16,…
Several dead in Japan after magnitude 7.1 earthquake causes blast at mall | Earthquakes News
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing…
Japanese Fossil Bee Fills Two-Million-Year Gap in Honeybee History
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil honeybee species that fills a long-standing gap in the…
Beloved Japanese macaque Punch celebrates first birthday
TWICE reflect on a decade as a group: ‘There’s so much more we can do’ | AP interview…
Price of parenting: the household maths giving China’s consumers pause
Qiu Huiying, a human resources manager in Guangdong, worries in numerical terms when she looks ahead to the…
Japan’s orphaned monkey sensation Punch to celebrate his 1st birthday
ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people’s hearts by…
Economists skeptical Japan can grow its way out of debt: Nikkei survey
Economy Public-private investment seen as inadequate for goal of steadily lowering debt-to-GDP ratio Economists are skeptical that the…
Hongkongers increase cross-border shopping splurges, spending data shows
Even as local retail spending remains resilient, Hong Kong consumers are shopping more across the border in mainland…
‘Sheep in the Box’ directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda hits US theaters
TOKYO (AP) — In acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest film, a grieving couple turns to technology to…
Despite Tokyo’s push for a 4-day week, Japan’s prime minister sleeps just ‘zero to three’ hours
As workers push for better work-life balance and four-day workweeks, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is moving in…