North Korea looks to be preparing to launch a reconnaissance satellite, which could prove as controversial as the country's weapons tests as they use the same banned ballistic missile tech

Japan gets most of its primary energy needs from crude oil but LNG takes up a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to electricity production

Top executive says it's important to maintain healthy, peaceful, balanced relationships with big, powerful neighbours.

The Justice ministry dispatched more than 100 investigators to search 14 locations in Taipei, Taoyuan and Taichung, as well as Hsinchu

The UK investment management firm has appointed former JP Morgan Asset Management executive Keisuke Kusano as its head of real estate for Japan

Asian battery makers for electric vehicles are shielded from a big, immediate hit from surging nickel prices for now, thanks to long-term contracts and a diversified supply chain, companies said.

Mitsubishi and Mitsui have stakes in the massive Sakhalin-2 project, while Marubeni and Itochu have invested in Sakhalin-1 oil project, from which Exxon Mobil is now withdrawing

Data show the Japanese economy grew at a smaller rate than expected in the fourth quarter

The service will use Boeing 787-8s, providing "comfortable" space between seats, and fares will be at "an affordable price similar to low-cost carriers"

It was a message that rattled US Twitter users rather than people in Taipei, who were more concerned about traffic lights going down

Japan posted a current account deficit of 1.1887 trillion yen ($10.31 billion) in January, data showed, versus economists' median estimate of a 880 billion yen deficit in a poll

Alarmed by the situation, some companies in Japan have begun taking matters into their own hands to identify and address gender-based disparities