A former Thai prime minister has been ordered to pay about 300-million dollars' damages over a controversial rice subsidy ...

A major shareholder of Japan's Fuji Media Holdings says it will launch a proxy fight so that its candidates for the firm's board will gain approval at the upcoming general shareholders' meeting.

Onosato has won the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament with two days to spare, assuring his promotion from ozeki to yokozuna, the highest rank in the sport.

Japan's tariff negotiator is expected to propose greater investment by Japanese companies in the United States in the upcoming ministerial-level tariff talks in Washington.

A fossil of a butterfly now believed extinct that was discovered in western Japan 37 years ago has been identified as that of a new species of the insect.

Russia and Ukraine say they have received lists of prisoners of war for a major exchange agreed between the two countries earlier this month.

People in Australia have seen days of record rainfall that has triggered devastating floodwaters. The deluge has killed at least four.

A family firm of US President Donald Trump has started developing a luxury golf resort in Vietnam. Hanoi may be hoping for special treatment from Washington amid the threat of high tariffs from the ...

Taiwan has lifted restrictions on beef imports from Japan by eliminating the 30-month age limit for cattle. Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration announced the revision to import regulations on ...

Japan's new agriculture minister Koizumi Shinjiro has pledged to tackle soaring rice prices as he officially takes over from ...

The United Nations World Food Programme says that bakeries in parts of the Gaza Strip have resumed production, following the delivery of aid into the area for the first time in about two and a half ...

The latest opinion poll shows that the gap between the two leading candidates in South Korea's presidential election has narrowed significantly. The election is slated for June 3.