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TOKYO -- In this video, Tokyo correspondent Shotaro Tani sits down with Romeo Marcantuoni, a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University, to discuss the ...
The new rates include 25% on India, 20% on Taiwan and 19% on Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia. Countries that run a trade deficit in goods with the U.S., such as Singapore, will face the baseline rate ...
GUANGZHOU -- Metro systems across China are cutting service and raising fares to try to improve profitability as they struggle with the impact of a real estate downturn.
Trump signed an executive order on Thursday raising "reciprocal" tariff rates from the 10% baseline on all countries' exports. Several Asian partners that saw their rates change -- to 40% for Laos, 25 ...
TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs will create regional trading blocs and realign global supply chains, the CEO of Japanese trading house Marubeni has warned.
KOBE, Japan -- A private equity firm backed by the world's top luxury group, LVMH, has acquired a majority stake in Kisshokichi Holdings, which operates a major chain of Kobe beef restaurants in Japan ...
SINGAPORE -- At a time of proliferating regional conflicts and worries over fraying global security alliances, Southeast Asia's "poisonous shrimp" Singapore is buying some more venom.
TOKYO -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings reported Thursday a group net loss of 857.6 billion yen ($5.68 billion) for the ...
"Global Human Resources" has been a project pushed by the government in Japan since around 2010. It aims to nurture globally efficient workers who can help revitalize the country's economy.
Vietnam, whose exports will be subject to 20% tariffs, is the largest producer of Adidas products sold in the U.S. The ...
BANGKOK -- Thailand's state-owned utility, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), is working toward using some hydrogen fuel at its natural-gas-fired power plants to reduce its ...