Nikkei Asia

TOKYO -- Net profits at five leading Japanese banking groups hit a third straight annual high in the year ended March 31 as interest income rose on the back of rate hikes.

TUCSON, Arizona -- As American tech companies scramble to secure copper for data centers amid the artificial intelligence boom, Amazon.com is going right to the source, taking the unusual step of buying directly from a mine in the southwestern U.S.

NEW DELHI -- The BRICS foreign ministers' meeting under India's chairmanship concluded on Friday without a joint statement, with New Delhi saying that there were "differing views among some members" regarding the Middle East situation, a day after Iran accused the United Arab Emirates of involve

SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump made his first visit to China in nearly nine years, as the rival superpowers sought to stabilize their fraught relationship.

SHANGHAI -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he made "no commitment" on the Taiwan issue during his talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing, and that he will determine an arms sale for Taipei in the "next fairly short period."

SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump made his first visit to China in nearly nine years, as the rival superpowers sought to stabilize their fraught relationship.

HONG KONG -- U.S. aviation giant Boeing is poised to benefit from U.S. President Donald Trump's Beijing trip, but a smaller-than-expected proposed order highlights the company's ongoing struggle to regain momentum in the world's No. 2 economy.

MUMBAI -- Indian drivers on Friday morning encountered higher prices for regular gasoline and diesel for the first time in four years as government-owned oil retailers began partially passing on their rising crude oil bills.