TSUKUBA, Japan -- Japanese researchers have succeeded in growing black truffles continuously at a site in Gifu prefecture, it ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -- The Israeli military said its air force struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in ...

BEIJING (AP) -- China has suspended a high-ranking military official while he is being investigated, its Defense Ministry ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- There was a sense of the new in Sri Lanka's parliament on Nov. 21 that went far beyond it being the day of the inaugural sitting after a general election the previous week. Of the ...

TOKYO -- Japan's SBI Shinsei Bank will raise interest rates for depositors 28 and younger to 0.3% per year, roughly three ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australia approved on Thursday a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that ...

Hopes Japan would be immune to the right-wing populism driven by social media and marked by "alternative facts" seen in other ...

BANGKOK -- Britain's parliament has joined a growing number of countries in explicitly backing Taiwan's right to take part in ...

OSAKA -- Japan-based doughnut chain Mister Donut is trying to break into Hong Kong's notoriously difficult market, looking to ...

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TOKYO -- U.S. investment funds, including Bain Capital, KKR, and Fortress Investment Group, have bid for Seven & i Holdings' ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Hong Kong plans to waive tax on investment gains from cryptocurrencies and other alternative assets ...