South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met in their first summit Thursday, pledging to strengthen ties that have been frequently strained by their bitter wartime history.

Trump is the big beast at every global summit. And by shattering convention, remaining highly unpredictable and setting a dizzying pace for action, he has quickly consolidated global power.

Progress in energy and other areas has damped some of the pessimism around global warming. In 2015, the UN predicted temperatures would rise by 4° C compared to pre-industrial levels by 2100. It now projects a rise of 2.6° C, if climate policies are followed through.

VCI Global shares soared 88% in after-hours trading Wednesday following the announcement of Smart Bridge as the exclusive issuer of XVIQ tokens.

Tetsu Fujimura’s keynote talk at the Tokyo market offered a convincing argument that Japanese IP is becoming one of the country’s core industries.

Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were higher with more big-tech earnings due and as Trump continues his tour of Asia.

Q3 2025 Management View President and CEO Martina Cheung stated that "in the third quarter, we delivered record revenue, record operating profit and record EPS. On every headline financial metric, it was the strongest quarter we've ever had.

Japan ’s anime industry reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to JPY3.84 trillion ($25.25 billion) in total market value, according to data presented by the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) at TIFFCOM, the market arm of the Tokyo International Film Festival.