Former child star Ke Huy Quan quit acting for 20 years after struggling to find work in Hollywood. He returned with a bang in 2022, becoming the first Vietnamese refugee to win a best actor Oscar for "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
Tea Leaves

Golden age for Hollywood's Asian leading men

New generation of cinema stars upturns traditional notions of macho male leads

4 September 2024
Kathy Hochul's office fired Linda Sun in March 2023 after discovering evidence of misconduct, a spokesperson for the governor said.
US-China tensions

Ex-aide to New York governor charged with acting as Chinese agent

Linda Sun blocked Taiwan representatives from meeting with officials: prosecutors

4 September 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends a campaign event focused on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities on July 9 in Nevada, one of seven key states that could decide the outcome of November's presidential election.
Asia Insight

Once neglected, Asian Americans now courted in knife-edge election

Tiny margins in battleground states spotlight voters like Wisconsin's Hmong community

3 September 2024
Apple CEO Tim Cook shows off the new iPhone SE featuring 5G and the A15 Bionic chip during an event at Apple Park in March 2022. (Photo by Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc.)
Supply Chain

Japan no longer iPhone display supplier as Apple ends LCD use

U.S. tech giant to switch iPhone SE's screen to OLEDs in 2025

3 September 2024
Canola fields surround an oil pump jack before harvesting in rural Alberta, in western Canada, in July 2019.
Trade war

China to start anti-dumping probe into Canada canola imports

Beijing says it will use WTO mechanism following Ottawa's 100% EV tariff

3 September 2024
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, presents a Letter of Intent to fund Fulbright University Vietnam's construction in 2017. Critics blasted an ex-school official for focusing on U.S. suffering in the Vietnam War. 
International relations

U.S.-backed Vietnam university condemns rumors it foments 'color revolution'

Taboos about Vietnam War and one-party rule kick up social media furor around Fulbright

3 September 2024
Kamala Harris tells a rally in the old steel mill city of Pittsburgh, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, on Sept. 2, "I will always have the back of America's steelworkers and all of America's workers."
U.S. elections 2024

Harris voices opposition to Nippon Steel's buyout of U.S. Steel

Presidential candidate tells Pittsburgh strong U.S. steel companies are 'vital'

3 September 2024
The front entrance sign for Anderson Air Force Base is seen in Yigo, Guam.
Opinion

U.S. military must reinforce Guam's crumbling infrastructure

Tiny Pacific territory is Washington's 'rusty spear' in the Pacific power struggle

3 September 2024
Employees assemble cars at a plant operated by General Motors and its local joint venture partners in Liuzhou, in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in February 2019.
Automobiles

SAIC-GM logs first interim net loss as China auto tie-ups struggle

Rapid electrification, price wars hit classic Sino-American partnership and others

2 September 2024
A view of Funan-Techo Canal, a 180-km venture set to connect the Mekong River in Cambodia's Kandal province to the Gulf of Thailand.
Opinion

The Gulf of Thailand may be the next U.S.-China flashpoint

Beijing's backing of Cambodian infrastructure could alter regional balance of power

2 September 2024
Protesters rally against the government and to show support for the hostages in Tel Aviv on Sept. 1.
Middle East crisis

U.S. Democrats urge Israel-Hamas ceasefire after dead hostages recovered

American-Israeli among six hostages killed in tunnel under Gaza

2 September 2024
Rapidus' new plant on Japan's northernmost main island is more than 40% completed. (Photo by Hajime Tsukada)
Semiconductors

Japan's Hokkaido eyes New York state model for chip hub ambitions

Rapidus plant sows seeds for semiconductor ecosystem to grow industry

2 September 2024
Central bank moves to aid stock prices risk sowing the seeds of future market instability.
Comment

Crashes hold lesson for central banks: keep markets at arm's length

From Fed's Greenspan to BOJ's Ueda, investor-friendly moves often take a toll

2 September 2024
A Philippine Coast Guard ship is seen surrounded by Chinese maritime militia vessels and a Chinese Coast Guard ship during a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea, October 4, 2023.
South China Sea

U.S. decries China's 'escalatory' acts against Philippines in South China Sea

Washington says Beijing's vessel 'deliberately collided 3 times' with Manila's ship

1 September 2024
Mitsubishi Electric's Kentucky plant currently makes engine parts. (Mitsubishi Electric)
Electronics

Mitsubishi Electric retools U.S. auto parts site for AI cooling equipment

Japanese manufacturer shifts production to adapt to next technology wave

1 September 2024
Goldman shares turned positive in afternoon trading on Aug. 30 and closed 0.6% higher. The stock has surged 32% this year, outperforming markets.
Finance

Goldman to lay off a few hundred employees in annual talent review

With below-average dealmaking, investment bank reinstates performance-related cuts

31 August 2024
Cboe and Japannext parent SBI Holdings have been in a business collaboration since 2022.
Business deals

Cboe to buy 14.8% of Japannext in prop trading system tie-up

Move expands U.S.-based exchange operator's Japanese presence

31 August 2024
Japan and South Korea hope to have their leaders meet with the next U.S. president soon after the Nov. 5 election.
U.S. elections 2024

Indo-Pacific leaders race to meet with next U.S. president after election

Diplomatic calendar hints at busy November with G20 and APEC summits

31 August 2024
The yuan strengthened to its highest point against the dollar in more than a year on Aug. 30.
Currencies

Yuan carry trade dims amid U.S. rate cut expectations

Trade favored by Chinese exporters also hit by Japan stock turbulence

31 August 2024
The U.S. and China are both looking to accelerate their autonomous driving industries. (Screenshot from Tesla's website) 
Technology

Can Tesla's self-driving ambitions navigate U.S.-China tensions?

Washington looks to ban Chinese software as Beijing doubles down on autonomous vehicles

30 August 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to CNN in her first interview since she became the Democratic Party's candidate for the November presidential election. (Screenshot from CNN's website) 
U.S. elections 2024

Harris recounts fateful Biden call in first campaign interview

VP says president phoned her about dropping out after Sunday pancakes

30 August 2024
Marriage of convenience? Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard has made an ambitious, preliminary takeover approach for the Japanese company that owns 7-Eleven. (Photos by Reuters and Yuji Murakami)
Business Spotlight

With 7-Eleven on buyout menu, Japanese owner Seven & i reaches crossroads

Couche-Tard targets food business, U.S. market; regulatory, antitrust issues weigh

30 August 2024
Kamala Harris is the first Indian American and Black woman to be nominated for the U.S. presidency by a major political party.
U.S. elections 2024

Kamala Harris faces challenges in attracting Indian American support

Longtime Democratic voting bloc attracted by Republican tax cuts, small business support

29 August 2024
Admiral Samuel Paparo of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, left, shakes hands with Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., army chief of staff of the Philippines, during the International Military Law and Operations Conference in Manila on Aug. 27.
South China Sea

U.S. 'ready' to assist Philippines with South China Sea resupplies

Manila says it will only seek American aid if nationals are on 'verge of dying'

29 August 2024
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 29.
US-China tensions

Xi tells Sullivan to view China 'rationally' ahead of planned Biden call

U.S. national security adviser also has rare meeting with top China general

29 August 2024