MACAO (AP) -- Macao's former top judge, Sam Hou-fai, was chosen as the Chinese casino hub's next leader in a largely ceremonial election on Sunday, setting him up to become the city's first chief ...

TOKYO -- With 2009 blockbuster move "3 Idiots" and others, Bollywood star Aamir Khan is a household name in his native India. The 59-year-old actor sneaks social issues into entertainment movies ...

KUMAMOTO -- As the semiconductor industry boom intensifies traffic woes in the metropolitan area of Kumamoto prefecture, local authorities and financial institutions are taking action, introducing ...

TOKYO -- Chipmaker Rapidus and auto supplier Denso plan to share methods for designing advanced chips for use in such areas ...

In the coming decades, the Asia-Pacific region faces a series of challenges that threaten to exacerbate poverty. Among these, climate change, demographic shifts -- particularly aging populations -- ...

HANOI (Reuters) -- Vietnam and China agreed on Saturday to boost defense and security cooperation, the Vietnamese government said, despite their yearslong maritime dispute in the South China Sea.

TOKYO -- A joint project between Japanese and U.S. players aims to develop technologies for capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions from thermal power plants underground within a common type of ...

Our decision to enter Asia-Pacific can be traced back to a trip in 2005. For three weeks, I traveled with my wife, Marie-Josee, and Joseph (Joe) Bae, a young KKR employee of Korean-American descent, ...

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday stressed Japan's potential to develop renewable energy sources and vowed to raise their share in the country's overall power supply, indicating he ...

On Thursday at his keynote National Day speech, Lai said the People's Republic of China had no right to represent Taiwan, but that the island was willing to work with Beijing to combat challenges like ...

(Reuters) -- Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs -- 10% of its global workforce -- delay first deliveries of its 777X jet by a year and record $5 billion in losses in the third quarter, as the U.S. planemaker ...