NEW DELHI -- India is emerging as a key hub in the global race to scale up artificial intelligence, leading to rapid data center expansion across the country. But this infrastructure surge carries a ...

TOKYO -- Major political changes dominated the news in both Japan and South Korea in 2025, after elections led to fresh leadership of differing viewpoints on contentious historical issues that gave ...

SHANGHAI -- The Chinese central bank set the yuan's exchange rate at its strongest level against the dollar in more than a year on Friday, buoyed by a weaker greenback and easing trade tensions with ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -- South Korea's special prosecutor requested a 10-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including obstructing attempts to arrest him following his failed ...

TOKYO -- An accommodative interest rate environment and the global stock market boom could pave the way for stronger 2026, according to private market experts, as more investor capital is expected to ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's cabinet on Friday approved a record 122.31 trillion yen ($785 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2026 as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pursues expansionary fiscal ...

HONG KONG -- Hyatt Hotels is developing partnerships with Chinese state-owned companies to establish joint-venture hotel brands as it faces a slowdown in the country and looks to expand outside ...

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam looks like a tech darling as investment from giants such as Apple, Samsung and others pours in. But new research suggests this is not triggering the kind of tech transfer ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- A digital art exhibition opened by the Toyota group on Dec. 20 in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, marks the latest attempt by the world's largest automaker to move beyond merely ...

TOKYO -- Japan's private-sector imports of rice have swelled by a factor of 104 so far this year as high prices for domestic rice make foreign-grown varieties competitive even with the cost of import ...

TOKYO -- Artificial intelligence and private markets can offer new business avenues and increase competition for financial market index providers, according to experts at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

DALIAN, China -- Chinese robot developer Agibot has launched a rental service for individual and corporate customers, readying more than 1,000 humanoid and quadruped robots with a goal of reaching 400 ...