Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything ...

The draft budget is up 9.4 per cent from 2025 and marks the fourth year of Japan's ongoing five-year programme to double its ...

Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could ...

Optimists and well-wishers of the people of Myanmar hope that political forces and leaders, weary of turmoil, violence, and widespread hardship, will craft a modus vivendi to restore peace and ...

Japan's cabinet has approved a draft initial state budget of $783 billion for the fiscal year starting next April, largest in ...

Supporters of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) perform during the final day of campaign for the first phase of the general election in Myanmar. (AP) ...

The Japanese Cabinet on Friday, December 26, approved a record-setting 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for its defense budget as the country faces elevated tension from China. Japan aims to fortify its ...

Beijing is furious with Washington, but careful with New Delhi. China on Thursday slammed a Pentagon report that expands Beijing’s “core interests” to include Arunachal Pradesh, calling the document ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the ...

China maintains a large and growing arsenal of nuclear, maritime, conventional long-range strike, cyber and space ...

The vote in Myanmar, widely seen as a sham, is a bid for legitimacy by the military government. It is also a way for Beijing ...

The silicon iron curtain that descended in 2025 may prove as consequential as the one that divided Europe for half a century. Only this time, the fault line runs through every smartphone, data center, ...