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TOKYO -- The state-backed Japan Investment Corp. will set up an 800 billion yen ($5.4 billion) fund as early as this year for sweeping business overhauls as Japanese companies log a record pace of ...
TOKYO -- Japanese auto parts supplier Marelli Holdings announced Tuesday that a group led by U.S. investment firm Strategic Value Partners will sponsor the company's turnaround, with the goal of ...
The share of U.S. smartphone shipments assembled in China fell from 61% in the second quarter of 2024 to 25% in the second quarter of 2025. India picked up most of the decline, with Indian-made ...
Cindy, along with her husband Leo and son Jack, left Vietnam to move to U.S., which granted them visas in 2022. The family has received permanent residency and will be eligible for citizenship in two ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A full-scale retrieval of melted fuel debris at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant is likely to be delayed to fiscal 2037 or later, from the initially planned early 2030s, a ...
Lai Ching-te was expected to transit through the U.S. in August en route to Paraguay, Guatemala and Belize. But Washington said he could not visit New York on the way, the Financial Times reported, ...
JAKARTA -- Foreign direct investment into Indonesia shrank 6.95% in the second quarter from a year earlier to 202.2 trillion rupiah ($12.3 billion), the investment ministry announced on Tuesday, the ...
TOKYO -- Elevator maker Fujitec has been targeted for a 400 billion yen ($2.7 billion) buyout by Swedish investment group EQT, sources told Nikkei on Tuesday.
BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH -- Thai and Cambodian military commanders met on Tuesday to begin implementing a ceasefire to end a five-day border conflict amid disputed claims that shelling was continuing.
KATHMANDU -- Democracy is under strain in Nepal as a growing number of disillusioned voters call for the restoration of the monarchy.
JAKARTA -- The arrest of dozens of gay men in West and East Java this month highlights a concerning rise in violence against and persecution of LGBTQ Indonesians, with the number of cases in the ...
Trading of the group's shares has been halted since Jan. 29, 2024, after they plunged more than 20% following a Hong Kong court's ruling that the company should enter liquidation. The shares were last ...