When starting out in a new country, having a bank account is essential, but choosing a bank can be difficult without being familiar with banking systems or speaking the local language. For that reason, some Japanese banks are beefing up services aimed at English-speaking ...

Western Digital Corp. announces it is seeking international arbitration over Toshiba Corp.’s plan to sell its flash memory business.

The finance chiefs of Japan and China resumed their bilateral dialogue for the first time in two years Saturday, agreeing to deepen economic and financial ties. “Both sides emphasized the need to further deepen bilateral pragmatic cooperation in finance, (and to) scale up financial ...

Reflecting on U.S. President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, his policy toward East Asia and what lies ahead, foreign affairs experts said Saturday that his unpredictability has left many Asian leaders troubled, a trend likely to continue so long as his overall Asia policy ...

Japan and the Asian Development Bank agree to promote Japanese-style universal health care in the Asia-Pacific as populations in the region turn increasingly gray.

The castle city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, has moved into the digital currency age with the launch of a project to use bitcoin to lure international travelers and preserve the city’s historic attractions, an apparent first by a Japanese municipality using a cryptocurrency. The ...

The so-called sharing economy has spread to a variety of fields such as cars and homes, and Japan has seen another rising trend in recent years — bicycles. A growing number of municipalities and private firms are providing bikes to gauge whether such services ...

Visiting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday officially opened the door to a bilateral free trade agreement with Japan, saying formal negotiations on such a move are possible. After Pence and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso held the first round of their high-level ...

Embattled Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday its grave financial situation puts it at risk of not being able to survive as a company. The reference was made in the earnings report for the April-December period of 2016 that Toshiba submitted the same day without approval ...

Shareholders on Thursday slammed management for a disastrous plunge caused by the company’s nuclear investment, questioning whether the 142-year-old conglomerate can survive the aftermath.