Japan

AFP/APP Japan: As Japan plays host to a record influx of tourists, one of the country's more private attractions -- the high-tech toilet -- is becoming a must-have in luxury bathrooms worldwide. With their warm seats and precision…

AFP/APP Los Angeles: Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty over charges of illegally transferring nearly $17 million from the baseball star's bank account in order to pay off gambling debts, the United States…

AFP/APP Seoul: Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its first-quarter operating profits had risen nearly tenfold year-on-year amid recovering chip prices and growing demand, notably for generative AI. The firm is the flagship…

AFP/APP Beijing: Tesla boss Elon Musk boarded a plane departing Beijing on Monday, after a whistle-stop China visit during which the firm secured a key security clearance for the world's biggest electric car market. Musk arrived on…

News Desk  Ankara: Ali Şahin, a member of the Turkish Parliament and Chairman of the Turkish-Pakistani Parliamentary Friendship Group, has emphasized that certain international powers are not supportive of stability and development in…

News Desk  Islamabad: There are reports that Twitter is gearing up to introduce a ticker application for streaming YouTube content. According to sources, Twitter's CEO, along with experts, is actively developing this application, with…

AFP/APP Hong Kong: The yen sank to a new 34-year low past 160 per dollar on Monday after a forecast-beating US inflation reading dented expectations for US interest rate cuts this year. The greenback bought 160.17 yen in morning trade…

AFP/APP Tokyo: The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-low interest rates unchanged Friday and stopped short of signalling another hike, pushing the yen to a fresh 34-year low against the dollar. Officials last month announced the first…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday after Wall Street rose for a second straight session on good corporate earnings. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 1.04 percent, or 388.86 points, at 37,941.02 in early trade,…

AFP/APP Taipei: Taiwan was shaken by dozens of earthquakes overnight and into Tuesday that left buildings swaying, with the government saying they were aftershocks from a huge deadly quake that hit the island more than two weeks ago.…