South Korea’s main opposition party said it will start impeachment proceedings against Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo. Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea,...

The education ministry said Tuesday that it has approved a 25-year plan to strengthen academic research capabilities submitted by Tohoku University, the first recipient of subsidies under a new state...

Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan, including five that supply Self-Defense Forces facilities, according to a government survey on toxic “forever...

HONG KONG – Hong Kong on Tuesday imposed bounties of 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($128,728) on six more pro-democracy campaigners deemed to have violated national security laws, as well...

Mizuho Financial Group’s efforts to expand its global mergers and acquisitions advisory business will likely get a boost from the incoming Donald Trump administration’s policies. Masahiro Kihara, the CEO of...

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine – Spying runs in the family for Oleh Kolesnikov. The Ukrainian citizen said his father was a Soviet intelligence agent in Cuba during the Cold War, posing as...

Japan’s industry and land ministries on Tuesday selected two consortiums, one including energy major BP, as operators for two offshore wind blocks in a third major round of public auctions....

Japan is pushing through a new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2035, even as the plan faces criticism as lacking in ambition. Making the reductions from...

It’s a simple but brutal equation: The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world’s wealthiest nations are...