WASHINGTON — U.S. officials and analysts have watched with bated breath Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru […]
Japan’s green tea leader Ito En to make foray into India in 2025
TOKYO — Ito En, the largest Japanese green tea drink maker known for its Oi […]
Japan’s new leader, Vietnam GDP, Samsung chairman fraud case
Welcome to your Week in Asia. Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba will succeed Prime […]
Japan’s LDP to choose leader to become next PM from 9 candidates
TOKYO — Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is poised to elect a new leader and potentially […]
Antiestablishment leader Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka presidential election
COLOMBO — Opposition parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday, shocking […]
Japan overtakes EU, U.S. as global climate leader for ASEAN, survey shows
TOKYO — Japan is more widely recognized by Southeast Asians as an international climate leader […]
Thai opposition leader pushes to stop court-ordered party dissolutions
BANGKOK — The leader of Thailand's new progressive opposition has called on the ruling Pheu […]
Malaysian auto sales close in on ASEAN leader Indonesia
TOKYO/KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA/BANGKOK — Malaysia, Southeast Asia's second-largest auto market, is closing in on Indonesia's largest […]
Shinjiro Koizumi top pick to replace Kishida as Japan’s next leader: poll
TOKYO — Former Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi has emerged as the most popular choice […]