TOKYO -- The recent death of Japanese voice actor Nobuyo Oyama, best known for playing the blue robot character Doraemon, has ...

DALIAN, China -- The pet industry is growing fast in China despite the slumping economy as more young people choose to live ...

TOKYO -- Risk-averse Japanese investors should be more willing to buy into Africa and its growth potential, as China, Europe ...

TOKYO -- China may be on the verge of announcing a big new dose of economic stimulus, but there are already doubts over ...

(Reuters) -- Intel will lose its spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average after a 25-year run to Nvidia, S&P Dow Jones ...

SHIOBARA, Japan -- In travel, timing can be everything. A successful trip is often determined by the weather or the cultural ...

TOKYO/BRUSSELS -- Japan and European Union on Friday entered their first security and defense partnership for the ...

GUANGZHOU/SAO PAULO -- Top Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD doubled its overseas sales volume for the nine months to ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -- The foreign ministers of North Korea and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to implement provisions agreed to in June between the leaders of the two nations, North Korean state ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. job growth slowed sharply in October amid disruptions from hurricanes and strikes by aerospace ...

HONG KONG -- For decades, pianos symbolized wealth and cultural sophistication in China as the country opened to the outside world. Buying a piano and learning to play it became rites of passage for ...

TOKYO -- Sanrio reported its highest-ever first-half net profit Friday, thanks partly to efforts to tie earnings less to star character Hello Kitty even as the Japanese company celebrates her 50th ...