Browsing: Asia Pacific

Atlantide Phototravel | Corbis Documentary | Getty ImagesJapan’s government bond market, long shielded by the Bank of Japan’s yield curve…

Indonesia lifted a suspension on TikTok’s local operating license on Saturday after the platform shared data requested by the government.Patrick…

TOPSHOT – A general aerial view shows houses and Yurts in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on June 25, 2024.Hector Retamal | Afp…

The snowfall buried tents and reduced visibility. The local authorities said that they were in contact with the hikers and…

Officials are investigating why the power source, used when electrical or hydraulic pressure fails, was deployed over the weekend. The…

Sanae Takaichi listens to a question after visiting the Yasukuni shrine to honour the war dead durig the shrine’s spring…

Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the insurgency has resurfaced with assistance from the Afghan…

Key PointsU.S. technology companies are delaying their decisions to lease large data centers in India.New deals for data centers have been on hold for…

The governing party’s unexpected choice of Sanae Takaichi to lead it rattled markets on Monday, causing the yen to weaken…

Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day.Yongyuan | E+ | Getty…

Deadly rainfall, which also hit neighboring India, added to the woes of interim leaders in Nepal who took over last…

The tropical cyclone disrupted transportation, forced more than 151,000 evacuations and raised fears of flooding as it barreled toward Guangdong…

In a country where power is highly centralized, Moscow sets the tone for Vladivostok, 4,000 miles away, complicating longstanding ambitions…

Some victims of the Cebu earthquake in the Philippines lived in homes that they thought were built to withstand natural…

Inscribed by the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, in 2021 as an element of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Durga Puja isn’t…

Investors may want to boost their exposure overseas.”Home bias is about as bad as it’s ever been in the United…

Before Markeiz Ryan, 36, left the U.S. Air Force in 2019, he took a trip to Vietnam and that experience…

Ms. Takaichi would be Japan’s first female prime minister in a country where women are drastically underrepresented at the highest…

Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line conservative, was elected as leader by Japan’s governing party, paving the way for her to become…

Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between Japan’s need for labor and anxieties…

The Indian comedian Kunal Kamra was forced offstage after a political joke led to a mob attack. Unlike Jimmy Kimmel,…

Lujiazui Business Districk in Pudong, Shanghai, China.Liqun Liu | Construction Photography | Hulton Archive | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — As China…

Four days after the collapse, families of the school’s students in East Java were in shock, demanding answers as the…

Japan’s beleaguered governing party will convene for a crucial election that could pave the way for the first female prime…