Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday it had started construction of a new factory for parts of the Boeing 787 aircraft, dubbed Dreamliner. The plant, with a total floor space of 60,000 square...

Four of the five groups that took part in a tax meeting held by the ruling bloc Monday expressed opposition to a proposal to introduce a reduced consumption tax rate for daily necessities, citing a p...

CAIRO (AP)—Egypt’s net foreign currency reserves fell by around $825 million in November, the country’s central bank reported Sunday, the sharpest drop since a large injection of aid from Gulf ...

BEIJING (Bloomberg)—China’s trade surplus widened last month to the largest in more than four years as exports exceeded estimates, in a sign global demand is helping sustain a recovery in the wor...

BUCHAREST (AP)—U.S. oil company Chevron says it has resumed exploration for shale gas in northeastern Romania a day after suspending work when hundreds of anti-fracking protesters tore down fences....

The dollar rose above ¥103 in Tokyo trading Monday, supported by stronger risk appetite among currency players after U.S. employment data released late last week beat market estimates. At 5 p.m., ...

Stocks rose strongly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday on the back of higher U.S. equities and the yen’s weakness in the wake of better-than-expected U.S. jobs data. The 225-issue Nikkei Stoc...

Tokushima Vortis will become the first team from the Shikoku region to play in the J.League first division after beating Kyoto Sanga 2-0 in the promotion playoff final held Sunday at Tokyo’s Nation...

The Diet has approved a bill to revise the Civil Code that will delete an article that discriminates against the inheritance rights of children born to unmarried parents. For now, we can only praise...