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Osamu Suzuki is set to resign from the post over the Japanese company’s use of improper mileage-testing methods.

Amid tensions in the South China Sea and the continuing fight against ISIS, the U.S. has deployed four aircraft-carrier strike groups.

Tesla, which currently procures its batteries from Japan’s Panasonic Corp, is likely to add Samsung SDI as a supplier should sales exceed expectations, a source told Reuters.

Even though traders speculated that a rate hike in June or July was unlikely, a largely upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy cheered markets.

The move comes after police arrested a U.S. sailor on the island of Okinawa on suspicion of drunk driving following a car crash.

Beijing has reportedly planned an air defense zone over the disputed South China Sea, a move that Taiwanese officials said would usher in a wave of regional tension.

A former World Bank economist held a narrow lead over the daughter of a disgraced ex-president late Sunday.

U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by just 38,000 last month, the smallest increase since September 2010 and well shy of expectations for a rise of 164,000.

Trump says there’s nothing wrong with his temperament and that his success proves that.

China said it is ready to seek a peaceful solution for the South China Sea dispute, but blamed Washington for having a “Cold War” mentality.

In Mongolia ahead of a China visit, the top U.S. diplomat said a Chinese air defense zone in the disputed region would be a “provocative and destabilizing act.”

With the latest announcement, the total worth of Alibaba shares to be sold by SoftBank reached $10 billion.

Tokyo is worried that Chinese control of the waterway in the South China Sea would threaten Japan’s national security.

The Kuril Islands, also claimed by Japan, have caused tensions between Moscow and Tokyo.

Investors Friday braced for U.S. payrolls data that could add to or detract from the case for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike later this month or in July.

The latest announcement comes after eight automakers recalled 12 million vehicles in the U.S. last week citing defective airbags from the Japanese manufacturer.

Singapore state funds bought the shares in the Chinese e-commerce company as part of an $8.9 billion sale by Japan’s SoftBank Group, Alibaba’s biggest shareholder.

The Nikkei skidded 1.3 percent, after the dollar sunk to a two-week low against the yen overnight following Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to delay a sales tax increase.

The statement issued by the council on Wednesday condemned two late-April tests and a failed missile launch by Pyongyang on Tuesday.

The world installed more solar, wind and hydropower in 2015 than in any previous year, even as fossil fuel prices plummeted.

If Britain chooses to leave the EU, its GDP by 2030 could be more than 5 percent lower than if it stays in the bloc, the Paris-based group warned.