YANGON – While the West moves to re-isolate Myanmar after a short period of re-engagement, neighboring India is taking a more realpolitik approach to reports of...
TOKYO – Asian shares drifted marginally higher on Tuesday following another volatile session on Wall Street but a perfect storm of risks hovering over the global...
HONG KONG – Asian markets slowed on Tuesday, with most markets seeing little movement as ongoing US-China tensions simmer. A testy public interaction between Chinese Foreign...
BANGKOK – The quick apology issued by the Thai prime minister after an airport security guard slapped a Chinese tourist reveals the government’s concern over the...
TOKYO – A powerful typhoon is bearing down on the Japanese archipelago after passing near Okinawa on Saturday, with forecasters warning of strong winds, high waves...
TOKYO – Japan began on Wednesday to clean up after a powerful typhoon killed 11 people, injured hundreds and stranded thousands at a flooded airport,...
YANGON – While the Japanese foreign minister and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi discussed Rakhine’s development in Naypyitaw last week, a Chinese Communist...
TOKYO – Japan on Thursday executed six more members of the cult behind the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, local media...
TOKYO – Prosecutors in Japan have reached a plea bargain with a major power equipment supplier accused of bribing a public servant in Thailand The agreement...
KURASHIKI – Japan risks more severe weather and must find ways to alleviate disasters, a government spokesman said on Thursday, as intense heat and water...
TOKYO – At least 50 people were missing and four in critical condition as torrential rain that has killed 38 people pounds western and central Japan,...
TOKYO – A Hello Kitty-themed “shinkansen” bullet train has debuted in Japan. Adorned with the cartoon icon inside and out, it’s a dream ride for...
TOKYO – Japan will next week pick a U.S.-made advanced radar for its multi-billion-dollar missile defense system, an upgrade that could help ease trade friction...
OSAKA – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka, Japan’s second-biggest metropolis, early on Monday, killing three people, halting factory lines in an industrial area and...
YOKOHAMA – A man with a knife went on a rampage aboard a shinkansen bullet train bound for Osaka from Tokyo late Saturday, killing one...
PYONGYANG – North Korea on Wednesday threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...
BANGKOK – Japanese real estate firms are flocking to the Thai property market, joining forces with local partners to cash in on growing demand for...
BANGKOK – Chinese development companies have bulked up their presence in the Bangkok property market with a steady pace of condominium unit launches at projects...
MANILA – Advocacy groups voiced outrage on Sunday (April 29) after a memorial to women forced to work as sex slaves to Japanese soldiers during World...
TORONTO, Canada – Russia is using Ukraine as a test ground for its information war against Western democracy, Ukraine’s foreign minister told G7 ministers meeting here...