3D Investment Partners has criticized Sapporo Holdings over its execution of overseas acquisitions, expressing concerns about the risk that the Japanese brewer may continue to “misallocate capital” leading to further...

Naha – The Naha branch of Fukuoka High Court on Tuesday found last year’s House of Representatives election constitutional in terms of vote-value disparity, following similar rulings on the event....

Olaf Scholz is heading for the worst election defeat of any German chancellor, and his poor economic track record is one major reason. If polls are correct about the drop...

President Xi Jinping’s embrace of Chinese tech bosses in a rare public meeting is fueling hope Beijing is shifting its stance to give the private sector a freer hand as...

Seoul – Twenty-five years ago, director Park Chan-wook risked jail to make a movie about friendship between North and South Korean soldiers, striking box-office gold and beginning his actors’ ascent...

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has seized some ¥1.8 billion in back taxes, including penalties, on a Hong Kong-based game company for failing to pay in Japan consumption tax associated...

Singapore – The new French ambassador to Singapore said on Monday that France and Europe do not want their Asian partners to have to choose between the United States and...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has made convincing people to relocate from Tokyo to other parts of Japan where residents are aging and the populations are declining a key policy goal...

An assistant chief priest at Ryugasan Unmon Temple in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, is working to become an interfaith chaplain, challenging the traditional view that monks should not be involved at...