GUANGZHOU -- State-owned Chinese automaker GAC Group plans to begin small-scale production in 2026 of a humanoid robot with wheels for feet.

The year ahead was always meant to be a victory lap moment for Xi Jinping, when his "Made in China 2025" game plan was to leap off the page.

TOKYO -- As Honda Motor and Nissan Motor begin talks on a merger, a new Nikkei tabulation shows that negotiations on a share transfer ratio are likely to start at around 5-to-1. Honda said it will buy ...

BANGKOK -- Rubber output in Thailand, the world's biggest latex producer, is expected to fall sharply in December as heavy ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines flight was en route from Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, to Grozny in Chechnya, southern Russia, when it diverted and crash-landed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. Twenty-nine ...

TOKYO -- Japan's cabinet is set to approve a record 115.54 trillion yen ($731.28 billion) general-account budget for fiscal ...

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan could see a net loss of up to 2 trillion yen ($12.7 billion) in fiscal 2027 or 2028 if it raises ...

TOKYO -- Foreign investors have turned net sellers of Japanese cash stocks and futures in 2024 to the tune of more than 5 ...

TOKYO -- Japanese energy company Inpex plans to double the capacity of an existing geothermal power plant in Indonesia to 170 megawatts by around 2030, tapping deeper into the world's second-largest ...

(Reuters) -- The World Bank raised on Thursday its forecast for China's economic growth in 2024 and 2025, but warned that subdued household and business confidence, along with headwinds in the ...

KARACHI (Reuters) -- A Pakistani military court sentenced 60 civilians to jail time ranging from 2 years to 10 years in connection with attacks on military facilities following the arrest of former ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -- South Korean retailer Shinsegae plans to set up a joint venture with Alibaba International, Shinsegae affiliate E-Mart said on Thursday. The joint venture will be formed partly by ...