The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials vital for the green ener...

Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competit...

Author Haruki Murakami says he's strongly opposed to the redevelopment of a Tokyo park district that would remove his favorite jogging path and tear down the baseball stadium where he was inspired to ...

Beijing and parts of northern China are experiencing record temperatures, with authorities urging people to limit their time outdoors...

Beijing and parts of northern China are experiencing record temperatures, with authorities urging people to limit their time outdoors...

Beijing and parts of northern China are experiencing record temperatures, and authorities urged people to limit their time outdoors during a long holiday weekend...

The head of Japan's national fisheries cooperatives has reiterated his group’s opposition to the planned discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power pl...

Vietnam has released a long-anticipated energy plan meant to take the country through the next decade and help meet soaring demand while reducing carbon emissions...

The Philippines’ most active volcano has begun spewing lava in a gentle eruption and tens of thousands of people have been told to be ready to evacuate from their homes should there be a violent explo...