TOKYO -- Japan looks to speed entry procedures for the country's growing wave of international travelers by expanding the number of airports where immigration and customs inspections can be completed ...

BANGKOK -- Panasonic is turning to high-tech hair dryers and other premium beauty devices to help make over its sales in Southeast Asia, betting the kinds of products that have long dominated store ...

TOKYO -- The outcome of this weekend's summit between Seoul and Tokyo represents a break from how South Korea's political left has for decades approached relations with Japan, raising the possibility ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold his first summit with Trump. Top of the agenda will be ironing out the details of the agreement the two sides reached in late July to lower Washington's ...

NAHA, Japan -- A hotel construction frenzy has gripped Japan's subtropical Okinawa island chain, which welcomes 10 million tourists annually, domestic and foreign.

SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the firing of new air defense missiles to test their combat capability, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. The report came ahead of the ...

Slowing down redevelopment is vital to protecting the human-scale social fabric that underpins this city's resilience ...

OSAKA -- With a surge of international visitors, Japanese hotels, airports and communities popular with tourists are being forced to contend with a new nuisance: suitcases discarded by travelers.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -- Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said wage hikes are spreading beyond large companies and likely to keep accelerating due to a tightening job market, signaling his ...

The amended Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act allows subcontracting firms' labor unions to make demands of client companies directly. It restricts the ability of employers to seek damages ...

TOKYO -- Japanese consumer goods maker Kao is building a U.S. supply chain network for an ingredient in detergents and hair care products, aiming to develop value-added offerings at a new Texas ...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI -- Deep discounts have become a symptom of China's economic slowdown as the country starts to show more ...