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Hong Kong has been named the most expensive location in Asia for business travelers — for the second year in a row, according to a new report. ECA International's latest Daily Rates research ranked countries based on costs for short trip…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Kyiv for a surprise visit Tuesday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in neighboring Russia on a three-day trip. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine will be in the spotlight at…

<!-- -->In Japan, women are banned from professional Sumo.Sao Paulo, Brazil: If the phrase "sumo wrestler" calls to mind a hefty Asian man in a loincloth, Valeria and Diana Dall'Olio, a mother-daughter sumo wrestling team from Brazil,…

North Korea said Friday that its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch was intended to send a “stronger warning” over U.S.-South Korean military drills, which it blames for destabilizing the region. The missile was launched…

"The second half of next year is possible timing for when the Bank of Japan will end its negative interest rate policy," said former Bank of Japan board member Takahide Kiuchi (pictured here in 2017).Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty…

People clap during the ringing of the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe United States is more attractive than European exchanges for new listings and there is not much that…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Tuesday in Pyongyang’s second show of…

TOKYO (AP) — Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan’s postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son, has died. He was 88.Oe, who was also an…

HANGZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 12, 2023 - Photo taken on March 12, 2023 shows the logo of SPD Silicon Valley Bank in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesAnalysts say the collapse of Silicon Valley…

A man walks past an automated teller machine (ATM) outside Bank of America Corp. headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., on Monday, May 2, 2016.Chris Keane | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our…