A new Japanese defense white paper takes a strong stand against Chinese provocations, territorial claims and aggressive maneuvers. This appears to be part of an effort by the country to establish ...

The cover of the “Defense of Japan 2024″ white paper. The concept of the drawing on the front cover is that Japan has been working very hard to forge its “sword” to avoid having to draw it as a ...

Banks across Japan began stocking their ATMs on Wednesday with shiny new yen notes sourced from an unlikely location – vibrant yellow flowering paperbush shrubs that grow on craggy Himalayan mountains ...

A shrub in impoverished Nepal now supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Asia’s most sophisticated financial system. Workers cleaning argeli bark in the Ilam district of eastern Nepal.

TOKYO, June 7 (Reuters) - Japan wants to drastically increase defence spending "within the next five years" it said on Tuesday in an annual economic policy document that for the first time mentioned ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Web3 project team has published a white paper laying out recommendations for boosting the crypto industry in the country, which is part of Prime Minister ...