BANGKOK--The Bhumjaithai party of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul took a commanding lead in Thailand’s general election ...

Voters overwhelmingly gave a mandate to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Feb. 8, sending her Liberal Democratic Party to its ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to be pressed on her promised tax cuts and spending plans on Monday after a historic election win was seen heightening the chances ⁠of her delivering on ...

WASHINGTON--The U.S. Navy’s top uniformed officer wants to convince commanders to use smaller, newer ships and other assets for missions instead of consistently turning to huge aircraft carriers — as ...

BANGKOK--Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 share index jumped 4.7% on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced plans to soon form a cross-party national council to pursue a proposed two-year suspension of the consumption tax on food items.

YOKOHAMA--A former quarantine site set up more than a century ago to stop the spread of infectious diseases will welcome a ...

To his supporters, former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai is a fighter for democracy. To the government, he is a traitor to ...

OSAKA—Fresh off a triumph in a snap Feb. 8 election, Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura and Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama are moving to resurrect the controversial Osaka metropolis plan, which voters ...

Outside of the bustling winter months, the ski resort village of Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture boasts a modest population that ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s political parties were considering their options Monday after the conservative Bhumjaithai Party’s decisive election victory showed that voters chose stability over change, ...

MILAN--Japan took silver in the figure skating team event at the Milano Cortina Olympics, but Kaori Sakamoto said ⁠the squad ...