The central bank risks upsetting the public as the weak yen drives up the price of imported goods going into Japan's upper house election expected on July 10

South Korean electronics giant warns shortage of parts may continue this year

The cabinet minister said moves to isolate Russia from the world economy proved that market access to democratic countries was no longer automatic

Samsung will make the renewable energy pledge as early as the May 10 inauguration of South Korea's new president

The world's second-biggest memory chipmaker said on Wednesday its operating profit rose 116% to 2.9 trillion won ($2.3 billion) in the January-March quarter

Net profit came in at about 31 billion yen, compared with a 155 billion yen loss in the same quarter last year related to the collapse of Archegos Capital Management

Lawmakers had questioned whether the foreign brokerages were making buy recommendations but actually selling TSMC shares

Taiwan has set its sights on playing a role in green energy systems to slash carbon emissions – and profit from the massive transition to cleaner power over coming decades

If approved in Japan, the drug would become the country's third antiviral cleared for coronavirus patients following those developed by Pfizer and Merck

The factory in the city of Suzuka will also slash its production by half for the month of April, expanding the scale of the cutback

The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices but includes fuel costs, jumped 0.8% in March from a year earlier, data showed

Toshiba, which has been locked in a years-long battle with some of its major shareholders, said it had hired Nomura Securities as a financial adviser