Female sexualization and commodification do not occur only in Hollywood; such a culture of objectifying women and girls is ...

Economic dynamism, urbanization and financial sophistication drive significant demand ...

PAKSE, Laos -- Chinese businessman Tao Jian spends an entire day navigating muddy roads on the Bolaven Plateau in southern ...

The 2000s were a profoundly challenging and turbulent time for the U.S., marked by a series of unprecedented crises that ...

UJI, Japan -- Nintendo opened the Nintendo Museum on Wednesday in Uji, south of Kyoto, to showcase the unique qualities that define the Japanese video game company. The museum features interactive ...

(Reuters) -- Thousands of North Korean troops are being prepared to fight on Russia's behalf in Ukraine and some North Korean ...

TOKYO -- Japanese energy company J-Power plans to scale back its U.S. fossil-fuel power generation business by selling as many as nine of 11 stakes in plants it holds, looking to use the funds to ...

Women spend a quarter more of their lives in poor health than men do, much of it during their most productive years. Addressing this women's health gap could add a trillion U.S. dollars annually to ...

The prospect of diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan remains faint, despite the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation ...

TOKYO -- A group of 16 Japanese young people will sue some of Japan's biggest utilities in court proceedings starting next week to argue that youth has a fundamental human right to be protected from ...

In July 1979, U.S. President Jimmy Carter gave his famous "Malaise Speech" in which he diagnosed Americans with a crisis of confidence in themselves. Japan today faces a similar crisis of confidence, ...

BANGKOK -- The fall and rise of Thailand's two latest prime ministers can be traced in the share prices of their family ...