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The value of the monetary unit of China dropped against the world's reserve currency on Tuesday

Asian markets fell Thursday as concerns over the debt crisis looming over the euro zone increased due to heightened Spanish banking sector woes.

Japan's industrial production gained in April from the previous month but remained below expectation, raising concerns about the country's faltering economic growth momentum.

Japanese industrial output rose in April at a slower pace than expected, in a discouraging sign that China's slowing economy and Europe's sovereign debt crisis will weigh on Japan's recovery.

Asian shares, the euro and oil prices fell Thursday as surging borrowing costs in Spain heightened fears of euro zone debt contagion.

Can you really protect your allies while still cutting the military? That's the conundrum the U.S. is now facing, even as it talks about pivoting back to Asia and returning in force to the Western Pacific.

The Chinese government says it will allocate the equivalent of $27 billion to renewable energy and energy efficiency programs in 2012, but the battle against the deterioration of China's environment will be a long and tough one.

Several parts of Homs were shelled Wednesday morning while Damascus witnessed overnight explosions, close on the heels of UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's warning that the recent violence had left Syria at a tipping point.

China and Japan, not exactly the world's best friends, will soon be walking away from the dollar, hand-in-hand. Although the two countries have their share of diplomatic problems, June 1st will mark a historic day in Sino-Japanese relations, as they move to conduct trade directly using their own currencies.

Pacific bluefin tuna carried radioactive isotopes from the site of the Fukushima disaster to the coast of California, but the levels of contamination were well below safety standards in the U.S. and Japan, and well below the levels of other naturally occurring radioactive isotopes in the fish, a new study says.

Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp. (Tokyo: 8002), which has been on a global shopping spree in recent years so it can become a dominant grain supplier to China, just took a strategic step toward that goal.

Salty Watermelon Pepsi is the latest exotic flavor to be rolled out by Pepsi Japan. It's not as weird as you might think, given Japanese culinary customs.

Graft and debt are crippling China's railway industry and eroding trust in the government's management of a crucial sector of transportation -- and may kill the dream of becoming the world's leader in high-speed trains

New York City restaurant Serendipity 3 already makes the world's most expensive sundae, but the Upper East Side eatery can now also claim the world's most expensive hamburger, too. On May 22, Serendipity 3 set the Guinness World Record for the world's most expensive hamburger with its Le Burger Extravagant, a sandwich that will set you back $295, and likely several hundred calories.

Asian Markets rose Tuesday as expectations that China will take measures to lift its economic growth undermined the euro zone concerns amid Spanish banking woes.

Japan?s unemployment rate rose in April compared to previous month increasing concerns of the country?s faltering economic growth momentum.

An Air Canada jet heading toward Japan was forced to make an emergency landing on Monday when an engine shut down after taking off from Pearson International Airport. The jet landed safely in Toronto.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Monday as concerns of potential Greek exit eased after recent opinion polls showed that pro-austerity parties could be able to form a coalition government.

Birds belonging to the Corvidae family -- a group that includes crows, ravens, rooks, and, yes, even John James Audubon's hated blue jays -- have an uncanny ability to learn, play, and use tools unmatched by any other feathered relative.

The Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) wants to make itself king of the hill once more and reclaim the No. 1 global sales position from the General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) by adding eight compact cars for emerging markets, Reuters said Friday.

Renesas Electronics (Tokyo: 6723), one of Japan's biggest chip-makers, could fire as many as 30 percent of those on its payroll, or 14,000 workers.