JAKARTA -- Indonesian civil servant Fajar took out his first online loan after seeing a pop-up advert on social media in 2019.

TOKYO -- Japan signaled plans on Monday to raise the return on investment target of its massive Government Pension Investment Fund by 0.2 percentage point, with some in the market predicting the ratio ...

GUANGZHOU -- In 1995, well before BYD ever made a single car, founder Wang Chuanfu Wang placed a globe in his office. It remains a fixture even today, according to Wang, as China's top ...

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The European Union is adding restrictions to its subsidy program for "green" hydrogen production that effectively lock out Chinese-made equipment as the bloc looks to avoid a ...

When the Ukraine military launched fighting units beyond its sovereign border into the Kursk region of Russia on Aug. 6, gaining a foothold of approximately 1,250 square kilometers of ground and 74 ...

SBI will launch the fund in the first half of fiscal 2025 through unit SBI Asset Management, targeting retail investors across the Middle East. The fund may focus on game- and entertainment-related ...

MAEBASHI, Japan -- A company in Gunma prefecture in central Japan has found a novel way to attract the best workers from Malaysia, home to a major subsidiary. It is adding halal options to its ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it is planning to loan up to $7.54 billion to a joint venture of Chrysler parent Stellantis and Samsung SDI to help build two electric ...

BANGKOK/MANDALAY, Myanmar -- Myanmar's Capital Diamond Star Group has entered the warehouse club business, tapping urban demand for food and other daily necessities amid continued fighting between the ...

OSAKA -- Activist investor Oasis Management has requested that Kobayashi Pharmaceutical hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting in response to the scandal surrounding a red yeast supplement linked ...

SINGAPORE -- Japan's Daiwa Securities Group wants to do more business with affluent Japanese who have relocated to Southeast Asia, President and CEO Akihiko Ogino said. "We'll set up an office in ...

CHONGQING -- China has debuted its first commercial spaceport, capable of launching 32 rockets of various sizes per year, on ...