TAIPEI (Reuters) -- A referendum to push for the reopening of Taiwan's last nuclear plant failed on Saturday to reach the legal threshold to be valid, though the president said the island could return ...

TOKYO -- South Korea's president said in Tokyo on Saturday that his country and Japan "now, more than ever" must strengthen their ties, as the two U.S. allies seek a newly cooperative phase in their ...

OSAKA, Japan -- Small GPS trackers, designed to keep track of valuable items or children's whereabouts, are increasingly being used by stalkers, who place them in victims' belongings to monitor their ...

KAGOSHIMA, Japan -- Olive oil made in Japan's Kagoshima prefecture is gaining recognition among luxury hotels as the cultivation of olives -- a project launched a little more than a decade ago for ...

TOKYO -- The leaders of Japan and South Korea were set to meet on Saturday, as the two U.S. allies seek a newly cooperative phase in their historically tense relations.

TOKYO -- Taiwanese electronic components giant Yageo will raise its tender offer for Shibaura Electronics shares to the 7,100 yen ($48.34) range per share, Nikkei has learned, roughly 15% above the ...

BANGKOK -- Alibaba, Tencent and other Chinese tech companies are expanding their presence in Thailand by growing platforms for e-commerce and video streaming as well as data center infrastructure, ...

MELBOURNE (Kyodo) -- Australia and Japan are arranging to hold security talks in early September in Tokyo to discuss their plan to jointly develop general-purpose frigates, a diplomatic source said on ...

TOKYO -- The amount spent or budgeted so far to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has reached 5.2 trillion yen ($35.4 billion), it was learned Friday, making it highly likely that ...

SEOUL -- South Korea will "promote intergovernmental cooperation [with Japan] by sector," President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday regarding economic security and trade in a written interview with ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. would take a 10% stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker and is planning more such moves, the latest ...

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Japanese toilet maker Toto opened a bathroom fixture factory in the U.S. on Friday, pouring $224.3 million into an expansion of an existing site in the state of Georgia, the ...