TOKYO -- A consortium led by Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. announced on Tuesday that it will acquire U.S.-based Air Lease Corp., one of the world's largest aircraft lessors, for $7.4 billion.

BANGKOK -- Thailand's political limbo has been prolonged after the opposition People's Party, the largest in the lower house of parliament, said it will make a final decision on which of two rival ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- An Indian tax panel has proposed steep increases in consumer levies on luxury electric cars priced above $46,000, a government document showed, a move that could impact sales of ...

Takeshi Niinami has stepped down as chairman of Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings amid a police investigation into his alleged purchase of a supplement that is pot ...

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed increasing "trust" in Indian manufacturing as the country's nascent semiconductor industry rushes to produce its first commercial computer ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Hiroshi Moriyama on Tuesday voiced readiness to resign as secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party following a major setback in the July House of Councillors ...

MUMBAI -- As layoffs loom and revenues dry up, India's cash-rich operators of money-based online games are pivoting to new business models and geographies after the country passed a law banning the ...

TOKYO -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday oversaw new gas agreements while putting on a show of unity in the face of Western pressure.

SHANGHAI -- Chinese companies are tightening their grip on the global robotic vacuum cleaner market, as cutthroat domestic competition intensifies and the Chinese manufacturers continue to expand ...

Benedict Rogers is senior director of Fortify Rights and the author of three books on Myanmar, including "Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads." ...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has been reassessing the rules for equity derivatives after it temporarily banned U.S. high-frequency trading firm Jane Street from the Indian markets, ...

SYDNEY -- Being "tech-savvy" is the "key principle" for lawyers to gain the ability to adapt in the artificial intelligence era as AI makes increasing inroads in the legal sector, according to the CEO ...