TSUKUBA, Japan -- Japanese researchers have succeeded in growing black truffles continuously at a site in Gifu prefecture, it ...

TOKYO -- Japan's SBI Shinsei Bank will raise interest rates for depositors 28 and younger to 0.3% per year, roughly three ...

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong International Airport started fully implementing a system that allows it to simultaneously operate three runways on Thursday, with plans to expand terminals and other related ...

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) plans to launch a takeover bid for WealthNavi, Japan's largest robo-adviser platform, Nikkei has learned. The megabank, which in February took a stake of ...

Sales of rights to state-owned land are a main income source for regional governments. Total sales for January-October came to 2.7 trillion yuan ($372 billion), down 23% on the year for the third ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australia approved on Thursday a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that ...

BANGKOK -- Britain's parliament has joined a growing number of countries in explicitly backing Taiwan's right to take part in ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -- The Israeli military said its air force struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in ...

TOKYO -- U.S. investment funds, including Bain Capital, KKR, and Fortress Investment Group, have bid for Seven & i Holdings' ...

OSAKA -- Japan-based doughnut chain Mister Donut is trying to break into Hong Kong's notoriously difficult market, looking to ...

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SEOUL -- Korean Air Lines, South Korea's top carrier, said Thursday that it would merge with No. 2 player Asiana Airlines by the end of the year, following years of negotiations with regulators. The ...