TOKYO -- Souring loans to retail customers have emerged as the latest headache for Chinese lenders already plagued by the country's real estate woes, at a time when the government aims to stimulate ...

SRINAGAR, India -- When a short but extremely intense bout of rain hit the village of Chositi in India's Jammu and Kashmir in August, a wall of water ripped through a pilgrimage route, killing more ...

TOKYO -- Japanese institutional investors are no longer just looking for yield in their portfolios hedging against domestic regulatory changes that took effect earlier this year, according to an ...

NAGOYA, Japan -- A city in central Japan on Monday became the first in the nation to enact an ordinance limiting the amount of smartphone use, looking to improve sleep and academic performance among ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Hong Kong hunkered down for Super Typhoon Ragasa on Tuesday, one of the strongest storms in years, shutting schools and some businesses, while most passenger flights from the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.

JAKARTA -- At the beginning of this month, Jakarta prosecutors paraded three suspects in an alleged $25 million corruption and money laundering scandal involving investment funds at the agriculture ...

ABC suspended Kimmel indefinitely after comments he made about Kirk, who was killed Sept. 10, in a monologue. Kimmel said "many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Nissan Motor demonstrated its latest self-driving technology that uses artificial intelligence in Tokyo's bustling Ginza district, showing off a vehicle that can safely maneuver ...

TOKYO -- Casio Computer will begin sales in the U.S. and U.K. for its Moflin robot, a pet-like device powered by artificial intelligence whose "personality" changes based on how it is treated, the ...

TOKYO -- Hotel rates in Tokyo have fallen for the first time in two years and nine months, with July's down more than 2% on the year as demand shifted to Osaka for the World Expo and online rumors ...

TOKYO -- Latvia has invited Japan to join a group of Western countries providing support for Ukraine's drone warfare against Russia, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze told Nikkei.