COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka is betting big in South Asia's gambling world as a new casino opens its doors from Saturday at a lavish ...

Samsung Electronics’ operating profit for its chip business plummeted 94% in the second quarter from a year ago, hit by U.S.

TOKYO -- Perhaps it is a law of spatial gravity that when you cannot go out, you go up. What has long held true for urban architecture is now being applied to gardens, with Japanese landscape ...

NEW YORK -- South Korea has struck a trade deal with the U.S. and will be charged a 15% tariff rate on exports to the U.S., President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

GIFU, Japan/KYOTO/KOBE, Japan -- Sake breweries in Japan's regional areas are focusing on foreign tourists for growth, pulling in travelers with tours and such gimmicks as a tasting room that takes ...

TOKYO -- Medtronic, the world's largest medical device maker, is considering investment in Japanese startups in areas such as artificial intelligence, citing improved "clarity" on the global economic ...

Trump said he may still impose further tariffs, and has asked Lutnick to provide an update on the domestic copper market by ...

NEW YORK -- Duty-free shipping to the U.S. for low-value commercial packages will be suspended for all countries on Aug. 29, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in a split decision that gave little indication of when borrowing costs might be lowered and drew dissents from two ...

TOKYO -- Miscalculations over sales, market conditions and Chinese rivals paved the way for the July 14 bankruptcy filing by JS Foundry, a government-backed contract manufacturer once positioned as a ...

BURIRAM PROVINCE, Thailand/HANOI -- Despite the ceasefire agreed on between Thailand and Cambodia, people who fled the violence have little faith that the truce will hold long enough for them to ...

(Reuters) -- The United States will impose a 50% tariff on copper pipes and wiring, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, but details of the levy fell short of the sweeping restrictions expected ...