WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is set to impose new "reciprocal" tariff rates on Friday local time, with even countries that successfully negotiated down their rates facing an increase in duties.

NEW YORK -- China has stopped approving outbound investments for companies looking to set up or expand operations in the U.S., amid trade negotiations between the world's two largest economies, Nikkei ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim unveiled the 13th Malaysia Plan on Thursday, a five-year economic roadmap worth 611 billion ringgit ($144 billion) aimed at steering the country toward ...

YANGON -- Myanmar's military regime on Thursday ended its four-year state of emergency in the war-torn Southeast Asian nation, dissolving the State Administration Council and launching a powerful new ...

The yen weakened past 150 versus the dollar at one point, down about 0.8% compared with before the news conference and its lowest point since April 2.

TOKYO -- Au Kam-san, a prominent pro-democracy figure in Macao, is understood to have been detained for allegedly colluding with foreign forces, which is considered a crime under the gambling hub's ...

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan on Thursday kept its key interest rate unchanged and revised its inflation outlook upward, with Gov. Kazuo Ueda signaling that the bank needs more time to decipher the ...

BENGALURU -- The steep U.S. tariffs on India announced Wednesday could take some shine off the South Asian nation's appeal as an alternative to China for electronics manufacturing, with the move ...

The yen weakened to 149.68 versus the dollar at one point, down about 0.7% compared with before the news conference and its lowest point since April 2.

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong retail sales lost steam in June after a modest rebound in May, the latest data shows, indicating that the market is still struggling with a combination of weak domestic consumer ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Meteorological Agency on Thursday lifted the last remaining tsunami advisories issued after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula the previous ...