Serving a cup of coffee to her Japanese manager every morning made Yuko Sudoh grumpy. That wasn’t part of her job description. “I wanted to please my boss,” she says, recounting the early days of her ...

JAKARTA -- The Japanese government on Monday signed a 118.9 billion yen ($1 billion) loan to Indonesia for the construction of a new sea port in West Java that is expected to boost the manufacturing ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's convenience store operators are jostling for eminence in a famously cut-throat industry, and one product has come up trumps for the market's top players - coffee. Millions ...

A new book by a World War II veteran has shed light on a little-known postscript to the conflict in the Far East—and one that was officially denied by the UK government of the day. "Parachute Doctor: ...

At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbour, on the 7th of December 1941, we were living near the town of PALEMBANG in the South of Sumatra, Indonesia. My father was an engineer working for the SHELL.

JAKARTA -- Indonesia will ask Japan to contribute to a trans-Java railway that promises to more than halve the 10-hour travel time between the country's capital and Surabaya, its second largest city, ...

FAMILY JAPANESE IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED TO US ON ENTERING THE CONCENTRATION CAMP. My experiences in Japanese Concentration Camps on Java, Indonesia (former Dutch East Indies) 1941 — 1945 J.E.H.

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Somewhere In Java -- Japanese invasion forces, crossing the Java sea and fighting off heavy Allied air attacks, effected three landings on the north coast of Java Sunday and were ...