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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The Liberal Democratic Party’s lopsided victory was not the only record set in the Feb. 8 Lower House election.