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Delta to beef up Asia service from Seattle
Delta Air Lines wants to expand service to Asia through its partnership with Alaska Airlines. Delta plans to add a flight between Seattle and Shanghai ...
Honda recalls 2002-2006 CR-V for fire risk
Honda Motor Co. is recalling about 489,000 CR-V crossovers in the U.S., Europe and Africa, from the 2002 to 2006 model years because an electrical ...
BOJ defies pressure, interest rates unchanged
Japan's central bank has ended its latest policy meeting Friday with no changes in its key interest rate or asset buying program, resisting government ...
Mitsubishi Motors, Mazda report China sales plunge
Mitsubishi Motor and Mazda have reported a plunge in China auto sales for September when tensions between Japan and China escalated into anti-Japanese ...
Low-cost flying arrives in luxury-loving Japan
Japan has a reputation for loving expensive things like overpriced real estate, gourmet melons and luxury brands. But the nation is finally ...
Sony-Olympus alliance aims for high-tech surgery
Sony's new alliance with scandal-tarnished Olympus will focus on producing endoscopes and other surgical tools packed with the Japanese electronic ...
UN urges protection for elderly as world grays
The fast aging of Japanese society is evident as soon as one lands at Tokyo's Narita airport and sees who is doing the cleaning. Young people tend to ...
Storm speeds out of Japan after injuring dozens
A weakening tropical storm was speeding out of Japan on Monday after bringing gale-strength winds to Tokyo and injuring dozens of people, causing ...
China's lines around islands suggest more conflict
One of the hottest items in bookstores across China is a map for a place that is closed to visitors, home only to animals such as goats and crabs, and ...
World hockey chief expects NHL players in Sochi
The International Ice Hockey Federation is operating on the assumption that NHL players will take part in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. "We've prepared ...
Sony ties up with Olympus, takes 11 percent stake
Sony is expanding its sprawling electronics to movies business empire with a new venture — looking inside the human body. The company on Friday said ...
Japan industrial output, core CPI fall in August
Japan's manufacturing contracted further in August, dropping 1.3 percent from the previous month on weakening auto and electronics output, as ...
United Airlines gets 1st 787
U.S. travelers are going to be seeing a lot more of the 787, the lightweight jet built to reduce flier fatigue and airline fuel bills. United this ...
Japan, China move to dampen island dispute
Japan and China are taking small steps to dampen a bitter dispute over a group of small islands in the East China Sea following an intense but ...
Asian stocks fall as growth pessimism mounts
Asian stock markets fell Wednesday after pessimism about global growth prospects sparked Wall Street's worst sell-off in three months.
Asian shares dip after Wall Street sell-off
Asian shares dipped in morning trading Wednesday after the worst sell-off in three months on Wall Street as pessimism about world growth spread across ...
Ex-president of Japan's Olympus pleads guilty
Olympus Corp.'s former president Tsuyoshi Kikukawa admitted guilt Tuesday in a cover-up of massive investment losses at the Japanese camera and ...
Customs delaying some Japanese imports to China
Japanese exporters are facing delays in shipments to some Chinese cities due to stepped-up customs inspections as tensions between the two countries ...
iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwide
In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops across the globe to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone. Eager buyers formed long ...
Japan's Noda to remain PM after ruling party vote
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda handily beat three other contenders in a ruling party leadership election Friday and will remain Japan's leader a while ...
Honda aims to double global auto sales in 5 years
Honda is aiming to double its global auto sales to more than 6 million vehicles over the next five years as the Japanese automaker gears up for ...
Tokyo Game Show focuses on social, smartphones
It's not quite game over at the annual Tokyo Game Show opening Thursday, but with smartphones, tablets and other computer-like devices luring people ...
In protests, Mao holds subtle messages for Beijing
The face of dissatisfaction with China's Communist Party is the face of the man synonymous with it: Mao Zedong. Portraits of the revolutionary leader ...
China probes protest around US ambassador's car
China is investigating protesters' harassment of the U.S. ambassador as he attempted to enter the American Embassy, and U.S. officials say Beijing has ...
Japan Airlines up slightly in Tokyo trading debut
Japan Airlines Co. capped an $8.5 billion initial public offering, the biggest this year after Facebook's, with a modest return to the Tokyo Stock ...