TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan elected its policy chief Kenta Izumi as its new leader in a party vote on Tuesday.

TOKYO -- Two Japanese digital banks are following the footsteps of their regional and global peers by tapping the stock market for the first time. But analysts say they are unlikely to command the eye-popping valuations that investors bestowed on their counterparts elsewhere: Japan's online banks are more like traditional banks than fast-growing tech companies.

TOKYO -- Japan's total population, including foreign nationals, was 126.14 million as of Oct. 1, 2020, according to final figures from the 2020 census released by the Ministry of Communications and Internal Affairs on Nov. 30.

SEOUL -- South Korea's leading Web portals have banned the nation's semiofficial news agency from their news sites after the service posted paid content as news.

MANILA -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's preferred successor, Sen. Bong Go, said Tuesday he is dropping out of the race for the May 2022 presidential election.

TAIPEI -- The hefty financial penalties China imposed on a Taiwanese conglomerate that has donated to President Tsai Ing-wen's political party caught the island's business community by surprise as cross-strait tensions spill over to the economic realm.

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Twitter's longtime chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal, will replace co-founder Jack Dorsey as CEO, the social media company announced Monday.

LEH, India -- Welcome to the world's highest altitude cinema, where every movie -- at 3,500 meters above sea level -- is literally a breathtaking experience.

TOKYO -- Japanese drugmakers Shionogi and Daiichi Sankyo look to ensure that their vaccines under development will be effective against the new omicron variant of the coronavirus.

RAUNHEIM, Germany -- In a brand-new office building a stone's throw from Frankfurt Airport, receptionists are switching on the illuminated Lotus logo for the first time, and workers are adding the finishing touches to the entrance as throngs of Italian, Portuguese and German speakers walk through.