Operating the massive rotating furnaces that cook the ingredients to make cement takes years of experience. With fewer ...

TOKYO -- The U.S. private equity industry's recent push into Japan's retail wealth market appears to have been a winning bet, ...

DUBAI -- The death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leaves a nation of 90 million people with no clear ...

TOKYO -- As Japan grapples with labor shortages, foreign-born workers will be key to ensuring the sustainability of Prime ...

JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/DUBAI (Reuters) -- Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday and Iran responded with more missile barrages, a day after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ...

JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/DUBAI (Reuters) -- Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday, saying it aimed to dominate ...

SAKAI, Japan -- Shimano, the world's largest bicycle parts maker, is struggling after excessive stocks of bicycles were ...

Hirotaka, a barista who prefers not to share his last name, spent all of 2025 studying coffee beans, except when serving ...

NAGANO, Japan -- A growing number of medical institutions in Japan are strengthening systems to treat foreign patients, ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and ...

TOKYO -- One of Japan's biggest maritime shipping groups said Sunday that the Iranian Navy had issued a ban on sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for Middle Eastern crude oil and ...

Nine months after unilaterally suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, India's authorities are preparing to resume work on a long-stalled water management project in its Kashmir region ...