In Japan, Christmas Eve is considered akin to Valentine’s Day, a romantic holiday when couples, especially those still dating, are all but expected to go somewhere fancy for a festive...

Honda Motor and Nissan Motor are preparing to start negotiations on a possible merger, which ultimately could be expanded to include Mitsubishi Motors, Japan’s Nikkei reported Tuesday. Such a deal...

MOSCOW – A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service...

PARIS/GDANSK, Poland – European automakers are raising the prices of petrol cars and readying discounts on electric vehicles as they brace for yet another challenge — tougher emissions rules that...

Space startups in Japan and India said on Tuesday they had agreed to jointly study using laser-equipped satellites to remove debris from orbit, an experimental approach to the increasingly imminent...

The government on Tuesday announced that it will use undercover investigators posing as applicants for yami baito (shady part-time jobs) to crack down on a surge in violent burglaries linked...

LONDON/HULBUK, Tajikistan – When Abubakr Yusufi boarded a flight to Moscow in July, he thought he wouldn’t be home for years. The 23-year-old from a small village in Tajikistan hoped...

Record 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will team up with former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios to play doubles at the Brisbane International, the Australian said. The pair, who have...

Taipei – A shinkansen operates outside of Japan. It’s a little-known success story that stands as proof of concept for the export of futuristic transportation technology developed over many decades...