BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary ...

With 80% of Japan's used EVs exported overseas, recycling old batteries could keep more resources like lithium, cobalt and nickel in the country to improve economic security. The U.S., European Union ...

HONG KONG -- Global investors have been rushing into Asian bonds in recent weeks, reckoning that the first U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cut in four years would allow regional central banks to ...

Japan's hair care market has seen products priced at 1,400 yen or more -- what Kao calls "high premium" -- increase in sales. Last year, this segment accounted for 41% of the market for hair care ...

The three of us -- Jerry Kohlberg, George Roberts and I -- left Bear Stearns without a job or a business, but we had what we believed to be a good idea. George and I each scraped together $10,000, and ...

Anime content demand has surged in the past couple of years thanks to streaming platforms -- Netflix in the first half of 2023 recorded 3.5 billion hours of anime viewership globally, a 14% increase ...

In the four years since they began operating, Hong Kong's eight virtual banks have yet to become consistently profitable as ...

Leaders of the ASEAN bloc meet for a three-day summit in the Laotian capital, Vientiane, to discuss economic and security ...

TOKYO -- Luxury cruises are no longer just for the retired superrich. The announcement by the operator of Tokyo Disney Resort ...

BANGKOK -- "I come from a family of animal rights activists and we thought, 'Something is not right about the way we eat.' So ...

Iran's second missile strike on Israel on Oct. 1 has dramatically heightened tensions in the Middle East, increasing the risk of an escalating cycle of retaliatory violence that could lead to a ...

HANOI (Reuters) -- Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.4% year-on-year in the third quarter on the back of strong ...