TOKYO -- Prices of cobalt, used in electric-vehicle batteries, have soared since top exporter Congo halted exports, with some expecting the high prices to trigger a shift away from using the rare ...

TOKYO -- Now that Canadian retailer Alimentation Couche-Tard has withdrawn its bid to take over Seven & i Holdings, the Japanese parent of the 7-Eleven chain will face several tests in attaining ...

TOKYO -- Japanese pharmaceutical companies are ramping up investment to build a domestic supply chain for antibiotics, fueled ...

BRUSSELS/TOKYO -- Japan and the European Union will launch a new "economic two-plus-two" dialogue to bring together their ...

First Solar and three other manufacturers say companies in Indonesia, Laos and India are dumping solar cells in the U.S. market at prices below the cost of production, leaving domestic manufacturers ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. tariff revenues soared to $87.2 billion in the January-June half, government figures show, reaching a scale that could make it politically difficult to reduce or repeal them even ...

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Motors will begin selling hybrid models in the U.S. and Canada for the first time near the end of 2025, the Japanese automaker announced Thursday, changing its Outlander sport ...

TOKYO -- Japan and the European Union will launch a new "economic two-plus-two" dialogue to bring together their foreign and ...

The site near Princeton, New Jersey, is about an hour south of New York on the Interstate 95 highway, the main artery of the ...

TOKYO -- Russia's and China's recent friendliness with the Taliban interim government in Afghanistan, intended to reap ...

SEOUL -- Marriages between Japanese women and South Korean men are increasing due largely to the cultural interchange inspired by the hallyu Korean wave.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Pakistan in September, two local television news channels reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. If confirmed, the visit would ...