Gastroenteritis cases have surged in Japan after infections linked to contaminated food, including strawberry daifuku, authorities say.

Pineapple buns are named for the pattern of their golden-brown crust. Do we owe them to Japanese occupation or Chinese expelled from Mexico? The pineapple bun - bo lo bao, or bo lo yau when sliced open and stuffed with a slab of butter - is a popular Hong Kong pastry found in many bakeries and convenience stores in the city,

The A Company of the Winnipeg Grenadiers was surrounded. They had managed to claim the summit of Mount Butler in the center of Hong Kong and hold the invading Japanese for three hours. But a gap in their unprotected flank suddenly left them vulnerable.

The ruling marked a rare victory in challenging the enforcement of the national security law imposed by Beijing.

Elbridge Colby, nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, said Japan needed to spend far more on its defense.

A Chinese man was indicted in Japan for allegedly exporting around 30 tons of wagyu beef to Hong Kong by falsely declaring it was bound for Cambodia, prosecutors said. Wang Ennian, 71, a de facto operator of a trading firm in Fukuoka,

Octopus Holdings says it is in talks with different platforms in Japan and aims to collaborate with those that have greater payment coverage.

Firms in the former British colony are increasingly under pressure to shake off any connection with China amid tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Japanese government bond yields surged, with the 10-year JGB yield hitting its highest level since 2009, reaching 1.5%.

The C-17 military transport aircraft has a payload up to 170,900 pounds and a global range with in-flight refueling.

Asian markets faced a broad decline on Friday as Japan’s government bond yields surged to levels last seen during the 2008 financial crisis.