Fore Coffee, an on-demand specialty coffee startup based in Indonesia, has announced a fresh funding raised from East Ventures.

FamilyMart Co. will start providing discount meals in March, so that families living nearby can eat in spaces installed in about 2,000 of the chain's convenience stores in Japan.

More than 130,000 unused home electronic appliances, mainly old-style mobile phones, were collected in the past two years through a collection box placed at the Tokyo metropolitan government. The photo was taken at the building in Tokyo on Jan. 28. (Rei Kishitsu)

Indonesia believes Japanese investment in Southeast Asia’s largest economy still has the potential to increase.

Could you go to sleep knowing that you haven’t checked your phone? It depends on the sacrifices you are willing to make for a free stay at a Swedish hotel.

The financial services sector has yet to become a main engine for economic growth, but it has the potential to do so, according to joint research from the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and Parahyangan University. While Indonesia has seen its credit productivity increase, stakeholders lack a comprehensive understanding of the sector, hence the sluggish loan disbursement in recent years, the study says.

Speaking to investors at a seminar in Jakarta recently, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati felt compelled to mention each of the business sectors eligible to apply for a tax holiday. “I need to read this one [list of sectors eligible to apply for a tax holiday] because I heard [businesspeople say] we are not explaining […] this tax holiday effectively,” said Sri Mulyani. “I talked to some of the business [players], and they said they never heard of it.”

The latest case of obesity in Karawang, West Java, has yet again shed light on Indonesia’s rising obesity problem. Sunarti, 39, used to be around 75 kilograms, but with her unhealthy eating habit, she is now 148 kg.

The “juhyo” ice monsters spawned by a convergence of weather conditions are now at their ferocious best on trees at the Zao Onsen ski resort here.

Facebook has shut down hundreds of accounts and pages linked to an Indonesian group accused of spreading hate speech and fake news, the company said Friday. The world's biggest social network said cyber group Saracen engaged in "coordinated abuse of the platform" by operating a network of hoax accounts that mislead online readers about who was behind them.

Narita airport east of Tokyo briefly closed one of its two runways Friday morning when a Japan Airlines Co. plane ran off a taxiway after landing, the airport operator said.

Fifteen years after its founding, Facebook has made strides toward Mark Zuckerberg's goal of connecting the world. But it has also made some huge missteps that have turned some of its cheerleaders into vocal detractors.