TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Sojitz will acquire Australian infrastructure developer Capella Capital Partnership in a deal worth 470 million Australian dollars ($293 million), Nikkei has learned.

TOKYO -- The number of foreigners working in Japan jumped by 250,000 in a year to 2.3 million in October, the largest year-on-year increase since records began in 2008, as efforts by companies to ...

The world's longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government to pay him more than $1.3 million in compensation after his conviction was quashed, his lawyer said on Thursday.

The prestigious Kodō ensemble, a leading light of Japanese taiko drumming, has long made its home on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan.

W HEN SOUTH KOREA’S president, Yoon Suk Yeol, sent troops streaming into the country’s National Assembly on December 3rd, Lee Jae-myung turned on his livestream. Viewers watched on a shaky smartphone ...

But all is not well between China and Cambodia these days. China made no new loans to Cambodia last year. It has been especially reluctant to invest in the government’s flagship project, a canal which ...

Work is well under way on the 316-mile high-speed line connecting Mumbai with Ahmedabad in Gujarat province. The huge project is estimated to cost an eye-watering £12 billion, with the first section ...

Amid tariff threats from President Trump, major LNG importers like Japan, India, and Kuwait are negotiating increased U.S. LNG purchases, while China remains hesitant.

The chief adviser said Bangladesh is now looking for business and trade opportunities with both eastern and western countries ...

The yen made broad gains on Thursday as Japan looks on track to keep raising interest rates as others cut, with the European ...

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

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