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TOKYO -- Japan plans to tighten the qualifications and capital requirements for the country's business manager visa, which is designed to attract foreigners seeking to start new companies.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump threw a potential wrench into a carefully choreographed maiden visit by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to the White House Monday, as he warned on social ...
TOKYO -- Nissan Motor dropped out of the top 10 best-selling automakers worldwide in the January-to-June period, the first time the troubled company has fallen out of the ranking.
HONG KONG -- Indebted property giant China Evergrande Group was delisted Monday in Hong Kong as China's long-standing real estate slump threatens to claim more big-name developers.
TOKYO/BERLIN (Reuters) -- The pension trust of Mercedes-Benz will sell off its roughly $346 million shareholding, a 3.8% stake, in Nissan Motor, a spokesperson for the German carmaker said on Monday, ...
TOKYO -- A U.S. nonprofit organization (NPO) formed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will partner with the Japanese ...
HONG KONG -- PDD Holdings on Monday reported another disappointing quarter as the Chinese e-commerce giant faces uncertainties from the steep U.S. tariffs and escalating competition at home, prompting ...
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group has been among the top performers on Tokyo's top-tier Prime market this year, surging on the back of ...
SHANGHAI -- Major Chinese solar panel makers posted huge losses in the first half of the year due to production overcapacity, as industry players face mounting pressure to cut output amid a U.S.
SINGAPORE -- Malaysian conglomerate YTL Group on Monday announced the launch of its digital banking business in Malaysia with Singapore's Sea, entering an increasingly crowded field of loss-making ...
TOKYO -- Shares in Hong Kong-listed Chinese state automaker Dongfeng Motor Group surged as much as 69% on Monday, after the company announced plans to essentially switch its listing to the group's ...
TOKYO -- Japanese medical device maker Terumo will acquire U.K.-based OrganOx, a commercial-stage organ technology company in Oxford, for approximately $1.5 billion, the companies announced on Monday.