JAPAN

The Palo Alto electric carmaker’s efforts to send over-the-air semiautonomous driving features abroad challenged by local auto safety officials.

The president and major corporations are wooing congressional Democrats, hoping they'll help pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

As jitters from the attacks in Paris dissipated, global markets rose Thursday on encouraging comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The latest action on terrorism concern comes as Japan is due to host a series of high-profile events in the coming years.

Data released Thursday showed that Japanese exports fell for the first time in over a year in October -- the latest in a series of weak data coming from the world's third-largest economy.

Cars may be getting safer, but when automakers sell vehicles in poor countries, they skimp on safety features to cut costs.

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday despite lackluster U.S. home construction data.

The Chinese president spoke after Barack Obama at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation event in Manila Wednesday, before Obama was scheduled to meet the leaders of other TPP countries.

As competition ratchets up with Uber, India's ride-hailing network leader Ola has moved to consolidate its position.

U.S. markets rallied for much of the day, but gains were erased after a false alarm at a German soccer match.

Local residents have demanded that Futenma base should be closed and and a replacement built outside the prefecture or overseas.

The Tokyo stock index on Tuesday made up all of Monday's declines.

The new battery can reach half-full capacity in minutes.

Stocks showed considerable resilience after the terrorist attacks in France, but Japan falling back into recession had a bigger impact on Asian markets.

However, the euro plummeted to a six-and-a-half month low against the yen Monday, as the Japanese currency benefited from its traditional safe-haven status.

In the July-September period, the GDP of the world’s third-largest economy shrank by an annualized 0.8 percent, according to government data released Monday.

Analysts expect declines will be short, while crude oil rose on speculation that supply from the Middle East may be disrupted.

Asian financial markets, the first to open since the attacks Friday night, were down Monday morning.

The Japan offer is part of General Electric's move to shed most of its finance unit and become a "simpler" industrial business.

In a sign of the improvement in Sino-Japanese relations, Abe has met Chinese President Xi Jinping twice since last November.

Among other ingredients, an explosive called TATP (triacetone triperoxide) uses hydrogen peroxide and is very unstable. It can backfire on those using it.