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TOKYO -- Japan will need 970,000 more foreign workers than it will have in 2040 to meet the nation's economic growth target, a new estimate shows, highlighting the country's challenges in attracting and retaining overseas talent.
TOKYO -- Sri Lanka is calling for new investments from Japan after reaching an agreement to restructure $5.8 billion of debt with creditors, including Japan, India and China, hoping to revive its economy and achieve balanced diplomacy.
SEOUL -- Passenger rail service connecting Russia's Far East and a North Korean port city is expected to resume this month after a pandemic-induced hiatus, giving Pyongyang a much-needed source of hard currency.
JAKARTA -- Japanese hotel operators are traveling across Asia to recruit workers in Indonesia, India and elsewhere, hoping to address the industry's severe labor crunch as visitors to Japan reach record highs.
GWANGYANG, South Korea -- The mound of gray spodumene at POSCO Pilbara Lithium Solution's warehouse in the South Korean port city of Gwangyang looks just like a massive pile of sand. But locked within the grains of the unprepossessing heap lies a key ingredient for making electric vehicle batteries.
HONG KONG -- China's brisk growth in the first quarter helped put the government's full-year target within reach, but economists still expect a slowdown in the coming months and years due to the country's property crisis and escalating trade tensions.
BANGKOK -- The ruling Pheu Thai party's effort to relist cannabis as a narcotic this month has emerged as a public disagreement with its largest coalition partner, Bhumjaithai, the party that led the charge to decriminalize marijuana two years ago, as the government seeks to regulate the substance without handicapping a nascent industry and medicinal users.
TOKYO -- A global stock rally powered a year of record returns for Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, one of the world's biggest institutional investors, which is likely to face a higher bar for gains as wages rise.