AP Interview: The Japanese creator of the first emoji wanted to add nuance to mobile phone messages and never imagined his 1999 work would become a global phenomenon...

AP PHOTOS: Appeasing restless ghosts in Hong Kong in raucous celebrations marked by feasts and music...

Changing tastes brew bitter times for Japan's beer makers as "salaryman" style after work drinks lose appeal...

A clinic in Indonesia is offering laser removal of tattoos for free, providing relief to Muslims who have regrets about their ink...

Australia's foreign minister says Chinese authorities have released from jail a top Australian executive at a casino company following the completion of his sentence on gambling-related offenses...

Sony's fiscal first quarter profit nearly quadrupled compared to a year ago, boosted by its lucrative image sensor and other businesses, highlighting a gradual recovery at the Japanese electronics and...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has overseen a large-scale military parade in a show of China's fighting prowess...

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. reverses into profit in April-June quarter from losses the previous year, boosted by popular Switch hybrid game machines...

Tokyo will start collecting suggestions this week for the name of a giant panda cub born at its Ueno Zoo...

Philippine police say suspect in casino attack was a heavily indebted Filipino who was hooked on gambling....