The head of Thailand's biggest gas station network has $1.5 billion that says motorists will soon be stocking up on a different kind of fuel — coffee. That's the bet that Jiraporn Kaosawad, Chief Executive of PTT Oil and Retail Business (PTTOR), is placing on ...

The network arises from Iraq's glacially slow bureaucracy, fractious politics, limited nonoil industry and endemic corruption.

Some of the mall operators said the decision to shutter was made by the landlords because of disrespect shown by H&M toward China.

Taro Kono said he expected to be able to get 10 million doses of vaccines each week in May but that the Olympics are not a factor in his scheduling.

The prefecture joins Tokyo and Fukuoka as an area to which the central government aims to bring capital, financial institutions and professionals from around the world.

Despite stringent border controls, new variants have been found in the country, prompting the government to suspect that arrivals may not have been properly self-isolating.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga could announce the move as early as at an April 22-23 virtual summit on climate change hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, sources said.

Only about 60% of the initially predicted number of flights landing at Haneda Airport and some 80% of flights leaving the airport used the routes in December last year.

Though they have not flown over Taiwan itself, the flights have ramped up pressure, both financial and physical, on the air force to ensure its aircraft are ready to go at any moment.

In one sign of the improving security ties, the SDF engaged in missions to protect U.S. military assets 16 times in 2018, 14 times in 2019 and 25 times in 2020.

The document has so far been translated into 12 languages: English, Arabic, French, Indonesian, Korean, Myanmar, Nepalese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog and Thai.

Amazon, while not officially declaring opposition to unions, has waged a campaign against the formation of one at an Alabama warehouse.

Some ruling party lawmakers are calling for more stimulus along the lines of the massive aid package adopted this month in the United States.

Lower House member Tsukasa Akimoto was indicted for receiving bribes worth ¥7.6 million from a Chinese gambling operator hoping to enter Japan's nascent casino market.

The CommonPass app allows airlines and authorities to expedite immigration procedures at airports and is backed by the World Economic Forum.

The figure brings the cumulative number of cases in the capital to 120,208.

A call for caution to avoid signaling monetary tightening was raised during the Bank of Japan's latest policy-setting meeting, a summary of opinions at the session showed Monday. The call came as the central bank revised its asset-purchasing policy at the Policy Board meeting on ...

Nomura said in a statement on Monday that the estimated amount of the claim against the U.S. client was about $2 billion.

The comments by Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the coronavirus response coordinator, were among a string of bombshells that emerged during a CNN special report.

It was the 11th intrusion into Japanese waters near the disputed islands by Chinese government ships this year.

Trilateral cooperation in dealing with North Korea, which has recently resumed ballistic missile tests, and China's growing assertiveness are expected to top the agenda.

After the bloodiest day since last month's military coup with 114 deaths on Saturday, security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said.

Four officers spoke about life in the feared Tatmadaw, which has turned its guns on civilians again. “The Tatmadaw is the only world” for most soldiers, one said.

Parking lots at national parks usually charge around ¥500 for passenger cars for full-day parking.

North Korea launched a new type of tactical short-range ballistic missile last week, prompting Washington to request a gathering of the U.N. Security Council's sanctions committee.

About 100 local residents and railway fans welcomed the Bessho Line's first train of the day on Sunday as it crossed an iconic bridge over the Chikuma River.

The war has spread death, disease and hunger for six years, fueled by the Middle East’s predominant feud between U.S. ally Saudi Arabia and foe Iran.

The LDP's Special Mission Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity hopes to draw up such a bill for enactment as early as June.

The U.S. has "real concerns about the methodology and the process” of the report, including that the Chinese government "apparently helped to write it,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Under the previous government led by Suu Kyi, who is now detained, Myanmar defended the military against accusations of perpetrating genocide on the Rohingya.

A shift in the news cycle, rather than any change in how people spread inaccurate information, is behind a lower volume of political falsehoods, experts say.

School closures due to COVID-19 have disproportionately harmed students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and low-income countries.

Harry is far from the first royal to trade the palace for the boardroom.

Tokyo should think seriously about Japan’s options to deal with a Taiwan contingency.

China has always been cautious about loosening family-planning rules. But, if it is to sustain its economic dynamism in the decades to come, it must work hard to expand its labor force.

Experts believe that many victims of sexual harassment in Japan aren't aware that what their harassers are doing is wrong. That is changing, however.

As Japan prepares to make immigration services available online, our writer waxes nostalgic on the positives of making the trip out to the physical space itself.

Following an offseason that was shorter than usual, pro baseball returned to Japan over the weekend. There were home runs, super plays in the field, highly anticipated debuts and even fans in the stands. There were also, however, reminders things aren’t quite back to normal ...

A three-tournament record of 33 wins is considered a near-guarantee for ozeki promotion, and Terunofuji reached the mark on the 12th day of the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Honduras booked its spot in the men's soccer competition at the Tokyo Games with a 2-1 semifinal victory over the United States at the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday. 'Los Catrachos,' who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics after falling ...

Teenage rider Reira Iwabuchi finished her FIS Snowboard World Cup season on a high Sunday, winning her first ever slopestyle event and leading a one-two finish for Japan in Silvaplana, Switzerland. Nineteen-year-old Iwabuchi, who scored 91.00 points in her first run, was followed on the ...

Rugby World Cup star Kenki Fukuoka will play the rest of the Top League season with the Panasonic Wild Knights while balancing his studies at medical school from April, the team said Monday. Fukuoka, who scored four tries in Japan's historic run to the 2019 ...

Naomi Osaka reached the fourth round of the Miami Open without lifting a racquet Sunday, advancing by walkover when Nina Stojanovic withdrew with a right thigh injury. Second-ranked Osaka, the reigning U.S. and Australian Open champion, is in the last 16 of the prestigious ATP ...

With a brave last-lap pass, Yuki Tsunoda claimed ninth place in the Bahrain Grand Prix.

"It's really sad that this even has to be a hashtag/slogan," Osaka wrote on her Instagram in reference to the #stopasianhate hashtag.

Less than three years after knee injuries threatened to end his career, the sekiwake clinched his third career title, setting him on course for re-promotion to the elite ozeki rank.