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HANOI - Vietnam's economy dipped slightly in the third quarter year-on-year, data showed Thursday, but analysts say the communist country will remain one of Southeast Asia's star performers.

TOKYO - Japan's previously announced plan to relax visa rules for Chinese visitors, aimed partially at increasing the number of repeat arrivals, will take effect on Oct 17, the Foreign Ministry said.

Popular music streaming service Spotify is trying its luck in Japan, where consumer demand for packaged media such as CDs is traditionally strong and the market for streaming still has huge potential to grow. Visiting Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek announced the company’s foray into Japan on Thursday at ...

The dollar rose to around ¥101.50 in Tokyo on Thursday after OPEC decided to cut oil output for the first time since 2008. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥101.53-53, up from ¥100.74-76 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.1219-1220, up from $1.1191-1193, and at ¥113.92-92, ...

A rush by Australia’s state governments to switch to clean electricity sources could undermine the country’s energy security, the federal government warned Thursday after an entire state lost power. South Australia state lost power on Wednesday as it was lashed by two tornados, thunderstorms and fierce winds that caused traffic ...

Stocks turned sharply higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, backed by gains in resource-related names following a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to cut output. The Nikkei average climbed 228.31 points, or 1.39 percent, to end at 16,693.71. On Wednesday, it tumbled 218.53 points. ...

The nation’s automobile output rose 9.2 percent in August from a year earlier to 621,349 vehicles, data released by eight major carmakers showed Wednesday. The figures suggest recovery after disruptions resulting from devastating earthquakes this spring in Kyushu. Domestic production at Japan’s top three automakers — Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan ...

Railway operator Keikyu Corp. will test a megaphone that purports to make instant audio translations at Haneda Airport International Terminal Station in Tokyo. The Panasonic Corp. loudspeaker will be tested at the station for seven days from Saturday. The station is often thronged with non-Japanese speakers tumbling off red-eye flights. ...

The growth ambitions of China’s insurers could be hindered by some of the companies’ opaque structures when they pursue acquisitions in international markets, a banker at Citigroup Inc. said. “It is not that straightforward with Chinese companies,” Gautam Chawla, co-head of the global insurance group at Citigroup Inc., said Wednesday ...

Trade minister Hiroshige Seko has received a letter from a senior European Commission official urging prompt conclusion of an economic partnership agreement, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. “We all have to do our utmost to find a breakthrough so that we can conclude an agreement as soon as possible, if possible ...