China objects to envoy's claim that it is blocking people from attending US embassy events, despite Xi's pledge in November to try to improve bilateral ties

More than 230 million tonnes of managanese nodules have been found off Japan's most eastern island, according to a survey team, who said work to extract the rare minerals will begin next year

Tokyo has said it will revise first-quarter GDP figures to correct construction orders data and announce the outcome on July 1. Analysts fear it could affect BOJ forecasts and its next rate hike

The conglomerate will look at options from mergers to divestments as it seeks to manage its many subsidiaries and bloated main businesses weighing on its finances

Tokyo imposed asset freezes and export bans on 11 companies, plus groups in five countries last Friday over sanctions related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

A rate hike may be on the table at the BoJ's next meeting at the end of July, when the bank will unveil its plan on how it will trim its huge bond buying

Chinese consumers have become more cautious, analysts say, after sales during the second biggest online shopping festival slipped for the first time last week

Regulators fear the companies could access personal information and intellectual property stored in their 'clouds' and provide it to the Chinese government or disrupt Americans' access to it, sources said

Chinese companies have asked top Malaysian officials to lobby against the US imposing tariffs on products made or assembled in Malaysia

The path to a London listing may not be smooth for Shein, with British lawmakers protesting against its possible IPO

The Shenzhen-based developer has been working to restructure its offshore debt since defaulting on $12 billion in offshore debt payments in late 2021

New report says the finance sector could face great disruption from AI, and that half the jobs in banking could eventually be made redundant