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Chinese fishing boats in the disputed waters of the East China Sea have doubled since last year, making Japan wary.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank reflects China’s desire to counter the perceived hegemony of international lenders dominated by the West.

U.S. stock futures tumbled while safe-haven assets such as the yen and U.S. bonds gained on Friday after reports that a doctor who returned to New York tested positive for Ebola.

The popular notion that income inequality hinders the poor and middle classes from achieving the American dream may be wrong.

Japan, Ireland, Australia, Canada and others are doing little or nothing to crack down on companies that bribe foreign officials.

China is seen as North Korea's principal backer at the UN, but its backing is far from assured, according to a leading UN investigator.

A new trade agreement could have big implications for Big Pharma.

The U.K.’s biggest drugmaker announced big plans for cost-cutting and its HIV research arm on Wednesday.

The Takata airbag recall applies to owners of certain Toyota, Honda, Mazda, BMW, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors vehicles.

McDonald's Chief Executive Officer Don Thompson owned up to some corporate image problems on Tuesday after it posted a nearly one-third drop in quarterly profit and warned its global restaurant sales would fall again in October.

The Fed is expected to end its bond-buying program at its policy meeting next week despite concerns of a weaker global economy.

Apple Inc.'s earnings from its September quarter met expectations as the company saw strong iPhone sales.

A new auto recall has been announced in which nearly 5 million vehicles should be serviced immediately to replace potentially faulty air bags.

The sharp week-long drop in global stocks and bond yields abated on Friday, though investors remained on edge.

The resignation of the two women could hit Abe’s efforts to promote women to leadership roles in Japan's male-dominated society.

Yuko Obuchi is expected to resign Sunday, over allegations that groups backing her misused political funds, in a blow to PM Shinzo Abe.

The move is seen as a response to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's offering to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead from Japan's wars.

In September, a panel of regulators had declared the Sendai nuclear power plant, located near Mount Sakurajima, as safe.

PM Shinzo Abe sent an offering to the shrine Thursday, which honors Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals.

Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to a Tokyo shrine to war dead, triggering anger from China and South Korea despite not visiting the shrine as he seeks a Sino-Japanese summit.

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