JAPAN

In a second straight month of declines, the island nation's retail sales suffered an unexpected 1.1 percent drop in December, official data released Thursday showed.

Shares in both Japan and South Korea were down early Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged.

Satellite images of the Tongchang-ri test site suggest a long-range missile could be fired as soon as next week, Japanese officials say.

Users of the social network will soon be able to do much more than "like" a post.

Toyota sold 10.15 million vehicles in 2015, making it the only carmaker to top 10 million vehicles in the year.

Stocks in Japan and South Korea climbed Wednesday after Iraq’s oil minister hinted that Saudi Arabia and Russia may cooperate to boost oil prices.

Virtual reality games could see revenue start in the millions and end in the billions by 2020.

Since it’s the only major central bank hiking rates, the Federal Reserve has to contend with a stronger U.S. dollar. That could slow its efforts to end years of cheap money.

Vice president of operating systems Joe Belfiore had to explain why a photo from his vacation was uploaded by an iPhone.

The move centralizes global gaming operations under the newly created U.S. headquarters.

The Shanghai Composite index, which has dropped 22 percent this year, tumbled to its lowest close since December 2014.

Calls for reparations over World War II sex slaves and concerns over China’s regional actions threatened to overshadow the visit.

Iraq said its oil output hit a record in December and could be heading higher this year.

Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama has done nothing for African-Americans.

The fast-food giant has gained a foothold in the sanctioned country, which is facing an economic crisis.

The automobile manufacturer will reportedly close all operations in the two Asian countries by the end of this year.

After sustaining an overnight rally in Asia, a sudden drop in global oil prices pushed European markets lower Monday.

Thousands of tourists were also reported stranded in South Korea as temperatures fell to record lows across East Asia.

The world’s third-largest economy’s trade deficit narrowed in 2015 as lower oil prices pushed down the cost of imports.

Oil jumped 10 percent above $32 a barrel on Friday as some traders bet a steep decline had ended.

Defeat of the current mayor would boost resistance to moving the Futenma base to Henoko area of the island, as agreed with key ally Washington two decades ago