New targets by the Japan Wind Power Association could create 350,000 jobs over the next three and a half decades and reduce fossil fuel costs by tens of billions of dollars

China will also launch three astronauts to its now fully operational space station on Tuesday, one of whom will be its first ever civilian to go to space

Asian markets were buoyant on Monday, lifted by news of a US deal to boost the government's debt ceiling, although stocks in Hong Kong dipped again

Former PM Stephen Harper has rated China's paramount leader as a greater long-term threat to democracies around the world than Russia's Vladimir Putin.

A surge in tourist arrivals from China has bolstered Thailand's economy. But investors are watching the outcome of the May 16 election as political risk could be a big concern in the second half

Supply chain negotiations are one of four "pillars" of the IPEF, which is Biden administration's main economic initiative in Asia and aims to provide the region an alternative to closer ties with China

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US "firmly opposes" the ban and that it is working closely with allies to address such "coercion"

Leaders of the G7 last week agreed to create an intergovernmental forum called the "Hiroshima AI process" to debate issues around fast-growing AI tools

Foreign firms saw their profits slide 16.2% in January-April from a year earlier, while private-sector firms recorded a 22.5% plunge

South Korea is in the crosshairs of a tit-for-tat row between China and the United States over semiconductors

The battery plant, set to built in the state of Georgia, will have an annual production capacity of 30 gigawatt-hours, enough for 300,000 EVs, the battery giants said

The Vietnamese EV-maker said it was not aware of any incidents, and that it was issuing the recall "out of an abundance of caution"