Nippon Life Insurance plans to acquire all the shares it does not own in Resolution Life Group Holdings for about $8.2 billion — an all-cash deal that gives Japan’s biggest...

Preparations for the 2026 Asian Games in Japan are going “smoothly,” its chairman said Wednesday, after reports the governing body told organizers to make significant improvements. Japanese media said the...

Japan posted strong results in an international survey of adult skills released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday. The survey, which involved approximately 160,000 participants...

SEOUL – South Korean police said Wednesday that security guards were blocking a raid on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s offices to investigate his brief imposition of martial law. Yoon is...

The chair of Japan’s metalworkers’ union urged the government to accelerate efforts to raise pay, while expressing concern over premature tightening steps from the central bank. “We need to see...

North Korea shocked the world by sending more than 10,000 troops to Russia for its war against Ukraine — Pyongyang’s first deployment of troops for large-scale combat since the end...

Traders have been perplexed over the past week as to when the Bank of Japan may hike rates following comments from officials and media reports that have sent mixed signals...

Seoul/Istanbul/Berlin – While Nihon Hidankyo has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the feat came at a time when the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, which has been at the...

Turin, Italy – Manchester City’s Phil Foden and Mateo Kovacic returned to training on Tuesday, but manager Pep Guardiola said if the two feature at Juventus on Wednesday, it will...