TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Taiwan's economy is expected to grow faster in 2025 than previously forecast, the statistics agency said on Friday, as the island continues to reap the benefits of strong demand ...

SINGAPORE -- Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng has been fined 30,000 Singapore dollars ($23,400) by a Singapore court on Friday over a gifts scandal involving a former cabinet minister that rocked the ...

TOKYO -- Major Japanese corporations are staring at a 3.5 trillion yen ($23.6 billion) full-year impact on earnings from U.S.

HANOI -- The Vietnamese government announced Thursday a massive infrastructure development plan equivalent to 10% of the country's gross domestic product.

Hello from Tokyo. This week marks the peak of Japan's summer holiday season, and the city's office districts are noticeably quieter than usual. Even our newsroom is running with a leaner team -- our ...

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that he would not make any trade deal that harms India's farmers, sending a clear message to the U.S. as tensions grow over President ...

TOKYO/SHANGHAI -- A slew of Chinese economic data showed deterioration on Friday, suggesting that the trade war with the U.S. is weighing on the world's second-largest economy while the effects of ...

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed remorse for Japan's actions in World War II at a ceremony on Friday to mark 80 years since the end of the conflict.

TOKYO/HONG KONG -- The national security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying resumed Friday after a five-month hiatus, only to be quickly adjourned over concerns about the defendant's ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's economy faces a "challenging environment" in the second half of 2025 due to uncertainties around the impact of U.S. trade tariffs, the country's central bank said Friday.

TOKYO -- Nearly 70% of Iranian oil tankers have made attempts to fake their travel routes, an analysis by Nikkei shows, with many of them likely transporting crude to China to bring in precious ...