"premium" goods and services following a public backlash. The hike, from 11% in 2022, was prescribed in a law on tax issued ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- German insurer Allianz has withdrawn its offer to acquire at least 51% of Singapore's Income Insurance for about $1.63 billion, the company said in a statement on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday appointed Thailand's billionaire political heavyweight and former premier Thaksin Shinawatra as his personal adviser for when ...

MANILA (Reuters) -- The Philippine Senate on Monday ratified a reciprocal access agreement (RAA) with Japan that would allow ...

DHAKA (Reuters) -- Elections in Bangladesh could be held by the end of 2025, the head of the country's interim government ...

Joel Atkinson is a professor in the Graduate School of International and Area Studies (GSIAS) at Hankuk University of Foreign ...

SHANGHAI -- China's property sales this year are likely to come in at about half the level recorded just three years ago, despite a slight uptick in November, underscoring the challenge Beijing faces ...

PALM BEACH, Florida (KYODO) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday met with Akie Abe, the widow of slain former ...

The benchmark KOSPI index closed down 0.22%, or 5.49 points, at 2,488.97 after rising 0.85% at one point. The index has ...

Hitachi announced on Monday that it will promote Executive Vice President Toshiaki Tokunaga to president and CEO on April 1.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Cambodian technical trainee on Monday filed a damages suit against a manager at a strawberry farm north of Tokyo, alleging multiple instances of rape over a five-month period that ...

PALO ALTO, California -- U.S. streaming giant Netflix has not only acquired a large number of subscribers in Japan in the last decade but has also become a leading player in the export of video ...