TOKYO -- Eisaku Ito has had an eventful first two weeks on the job as president and chief executive of Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

TOKYO -- Japan has appointed separate ministers to lead negotiations with the U.S. over tariffs and exchange rates, as the rest of the world watches for what breakthroughs are reached before the ...

TOKYO -- Asahi Breweries will soon start opening pop-up bars serving beverages with little or no alcohol in Japan and South Korea, aiming to capture demand from a wide clientele of young drinkers.

South Korea has received priority among the roughly 70 economies that the U.S. government says are seeking tariff talks. Other U.S. trading partners are watching to see whether Seoul will be the first ...

TOKYO/KUALA LUMPUR -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is embarking on his first overseas tour of the year next week to Vietnam, ...

All three major U.S. stock indexes suffered steep losses, forfeiting much of the previous session's gains as growing concerns ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesian digital infrastructure provider Surge has agreed to an investment by Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East as part of a collaboration to expand the Surge group's ...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG -- China on Friday raised its retaliatory tariff rate against the U.S. to 125%, from 84%, and said it ...

NEW YORK/PALO ALTO, California -- From Amazon to Japanese manufacturers, companies are scrambling to respond to the Trump ...

The group is headed by Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Ryosei Akazawa and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi.

BEIJING -- JD.com will invest at least 200 billion yuan ($27 billion) over the next year to help Chinese exporters sell more goods domestically, the Chinese e-commerce giant said Friday, providing ...

NEW YORK -- The U.S. is showing signs of a credit crunch for high-risk corporate borrowers as tariffs and recession fears rattle investors that had grown complacent about default risks.