Big plastic user Japan fights waste ahead of G-20 summit
Jun 26, 2019
Japan, host of the Group of 20 Summit this weekend, hopes to lead the world in reducing plastic waste
UN agencies urge stronger efforts to stop illegal fishing
Jun 5, 2019
Major United Nations agencies are urging key fishing nations to join efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Toyota reports dip in quarterly profit, projects recovery
May 8, 2019
Toyota sees 4% dip in 1Q profit on weaker vehicle sales in North America
Taiwan's president reaffirms anti-nuclear stance at march
Apr 27, 2019
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has reaffirmed her opposition to nuclear power before marching with anti-nuclear protesters
Xi: China wants to expand sprawling infrastructure project
Apr 27, 2019
Xi calls for more countries to join China's sprawling infrastructure-building initiative as other leaders expressed support for a project Washington worries is building Beijing's strategic influence
The Latest: Hammond says Britain a good Belt & Road partner
Apr 26, 2019
British treasury chief Philip Hammond says the U.K.'s finance industry would be a "natural partner" for future projects under China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative
Monkey Punch, creator of megahit Japan comic Lupin III, dies
Apr 17, 2019
Cartoonist Monkey Punch, best known as the creator of the Japanese megahit comic series Lupin III, has died at age of 81
China seizes 2,700 ivory tusks in massive smuggling case
Apr 15, 2019
China has seized more than 2,700 ivory tusks in what customs authorities are calling the country's biggest smuggling case in years
Filipinos plan more diggings where new human species found
Apr 12, 2019
Archaeologists who discovered fossils from a human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines plan more diggings and better protection of the caves where the remains were unearthed
2 busts in Singapore reveal 38,000 endangered pangolins lost
Apr 11, 2019
Singapore seizes record haul of more than 28 tons of pangolin scales belonging to 38,000 mammals, spurring calls for more protection by wildlife groups