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A Buddhist temple in southern Japan has given up on purchasing North Korea's de facto embassy in central Tokyo after failing to raise the cash needed to finance its winning bid ...

Politicians and police were scratching their heads after a Buddhist temple in southern Japan run by a well-connected abbot won the auction to buy North Korea’s de facto...

NEW YORK--A long-forgotten World War II statue expected to sell for close to $2 million has been passed on by buyers at a New York City auction.

SAITAMA--Tax authorities are auctioning off nine antique cars they received in lieu of inheritance dues from a collector's bereaved relatives.

A bluefin tuna sold for a record $1.76 million at a Tokyo auction on Jan. 5, nearly three times the previous high set last year.

YANGON, Myanmar--Myanmar's cash-strapped opposition party is tapping into the prestige of its leader: Two sweaters hand-knit by Aung San Suu Kyi have been auctioned for...

A rare gem has turned up in the National Tax Agency's online auction of items seized from delinquent taxpayers: a 7.5-carat diamond.

In February, Chinese works of art went under the hammer at auctions held one after another in Japan.

HONG KONG - In a spacious, luxury apartment perched on the leafy hills of Hong Kong, Kai-Yin Lo browses through a trove of Chinese art acquired over several decades, reflecting ...

NEW YORK--A charity auction of contemporary art held Nov. 9 at Christie's New York raised nearly $9 million for survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

NEW YORK--Some of the finest artists in the world have pooled their considerable talents along with renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami in a charity auction to benefit...