WASHINGTON/BEIJING -- China has lodged strong objections to this week's U.S. congressional delegation visit to Taiwan, as reports that the lawmakers arrived in a U.S. Navy C-40 transport plane further inflame tensions in the Taiwan Strait.

TOKYO/LONDON -- After two weeks, negotiations at the COP26 climate conference in the U.K. entered a tense final stage on Wednesday, as the United Nations published drafts of two key documents.

Masa Yanagisawa is head of prime services at Goldman Sachs in Japan and co-chief of staff for the company's Asia Pacific LGBTQ+ Council.

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's choice of China hand Yoshimasa Hayashi as his new foreign minister faced opposition from the ruling party's two most influential figures, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former Finance Minister Taro Aso, Nikkei has learned.

TOKYO -- Chinese robotics startup Gaussian Robotics on Wednesday said it raised 1.2 billion yuan ($188 million) from a group of investors co-led by SoftBank Group's Vision Fund 2.

TOKYO -- Samsung Electronics aims to deliver multi-device experiences targeting millennials and Generation Z customers, taking advantage of a product lineup that has reached a staggering proportion of the world, the South Korean company's top executive said.

TOKYO -- More than half of Takeda Pharmaceutical's employees will work in emerging markets a decade from now as Japan's largest drugmaker accelerates its globalization under French CEO Christophe Weber.

KUALA LUMPUR -- AirAsia Group expects earnings to return to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels in nine months, CEO Tony Fernandes said on Wednesday.

Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Rand Corp. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.

YERASKH, Armenia -- It has been a year since the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan was brokered by Russia after a 44-day war took place over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory in the south Caucasus.