KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's state oil company Petronas is preparing to cut 10% of its workforce globally, or about 5,000 jobs, in a sweeping restructuring to navigate the twin pressures of the global ...

Dutch repatriation of Indonesian treasures is right -- but could be more creative ...

WASHINGTON/VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday an Israeli strike on Iran "could very well happen," and a senior Israeli official told the Wall Street Journal it ...

TOKYO -- Japan is experiencing a shortage of bilingual guides to meet the waves of international tourists visiting the country, as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many guides into retirement or career ...

MANILA -- Mang Inasal, a barbecue chain of the Philippine food service giant Jollibee Foods, is growing rapidly, becoming the ...

TOKYO -- A group company under Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Thursday unveiled a hydrogen-engine generator being tested in Japan to power buildings without emitting carbon dioxide.

TOKYO -- Japanese insurance company T&D Holdings is being pressured by American activist investor Farallon Capital Management to sell off cross-shareholdings instead of engaging in "concealment" and ...

Gou, a former banker living in Jinzhou, a Chinese port city midway between Beijing and North Korea, decided to go ahead with the pregnancy on her own, giving birth to a baby girl in 2023. She is now ...

TOKYO -- As Japan's understaffed hospitality industry deals with a rush of foreign tourists, hotels are increasingly turning to automated labor-saving devices.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will have "a golden share" in U.S. Steel following its acquisition by Japan's Nippon Steel, President Donald Trump said on Thursday, stressing the arrangement will give the ...

Tesla started a virtual power plant (VPP) in Miyakojima city, Okinawa prefecture, in 2021. It will expand the business in collaboration with leasing company Fuyo General Lease and Fukuoka-based energy ...

Ukraine's audacious, creative, and, apparently, highly successful counterattacks on strategic targets across Russia have ...