TOKYO -- Honda Motor will release electric scooters in India for the first time through its local arm early next year, a move in line with its goal of going gasoline-free by midcentury.

TOKYO -- Japanese tech investor SoftBank Group's Vision Fund 2 seeks to acquire up to $1.5 billion in additional shares of OpenAI, raising its bet on the ChatGPT developer, it was learned Wednesday.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -- A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah will take effect on Wednesday ...

OSAKA -- Japanese materials maker Unitika looks to unload its struggling fiber-related operations amid growing competition from Chinese rivals, while the company's key creditors could agree to waive ...

NEW YORK -- Shares in China-based autonomous driving technology company Pony AI climbed 16% after it listed on Wednesday, in what is one of the biggest initial public offerings by any Chinese company ...

OSAKA -- Kokuyo, one of Japan's biggest makers of office and school supplies, will accelerate a shift away from manufacturing under a new plan that stresses services like building renovation. The ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Reuters) -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday he would seek ...

(Reuters) -- The United States has brokered the release of three Americans it said had been wrongfully detained in China for many years, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

HONG KONG -- China's robust export engine is expected to pump out a new record this year, driven partly by a wave of American ...

JAKARTA -- Indonesians are heading to the polls on Wednesday morning for the country's biggest local elections ever, with ...

HO CHI MINH CITY -- What can be done about Vietnam's environmental challenges? Roughly 500 startups representing 55 countries ...

TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. is said to be exploring a bid for Seven & i Holdings' supermarket and ...