TOKYO -- A Tokyo Stock Exchange employee is being investigated by Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission for ...

TOKYO -- International tourists to Japan will soon have to wait until the day they depart to get reimbursed for consumption taxes paid on purchases in the country as the government battles growing ...

The Hangzhou-based office worker, who asked to use only her English name, said she was shocked at first, as she had never personally requested a returnless refund before, but in the end could only ...

Japanese law currently requires overseas lenders to have a Japanese banking license, or a physical office or personnel in the country, in order to issue loans. The Financial Services Agency intends to ...

TOKYO -- With its stock price struggling to rebound from a year-to-date low, efforts by Japanese steelmaker JFE Holdings to ...

MUMBAI -- South Korean automaker Hyundai's shares fell 1.3% on their Indian debut Tuesday after its local unit raised $3.3 ...

HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) -- HSBC merged some operations and split its geographic footprint into East and West in a sweeping ...

TITUSVILLE, Pennsylvania -- With two weeks to go before the U.S. presidential election, the campaign of former President ...

"When I drove through Laos nine years ago, the villages were very dark. People were watching me from the shadows. Now it's brighter and it's possible to talk about the secret war. But it's still not ...

Salman Rafi Sheikh is assistant professor of politics at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

TAIPEI -- Taiwan is considering setting up support hubs to encourage its semiconductor companies to invest overseas, focusing on promising destinations such as Japan and the U.S.

HOUSTON, Texas -- A technology used in shale gas fracking is breathing new life into geothermal energy in the U.S. and creating business opportunities for companies such as Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy ...