BOJ hikes rates to highest level since 1995


SK's triple play and Japan's subsea strategy


China retail sales fall for first time since COVID lockdowns


Urban India struggles to handle super-charged monsoons


Cambodia eyes Japan labor ties as Thai conflict sends workers home


Cambodian interior minister hires US law firms to fight scam link claims

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's Interior Minister has signed personal contracts with two U.S. law firms worth $285,000 in a bid to remove his name from an American congressional bill proposing sanctions on figures with connections to the scam industry .


South Korea, Indonesia rein in derivatives trading to defend currencies

TOKYO -- Asian countries that rely heavily on imported energy are keeping tabs on speculative trades to support their currencies without overusing interventions that drain foreign exchange reserves.


Toyota's shakeup of racing division leads to Le Mans enduro crown

NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor's long-awaited victory at the world-class Le Mans endurance race over the weekend can be credited to its drastic decision to break up its racing division.


Energy prices could stay high for months, a year after US-Iran deal

TOKYO -- Commodity prices are expected to remain higher than they were in February, before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, even after the latest U.S.-Iran agreement to end the war, as it will take months for risk premiums to retreat and give breathing space to Asia's commodity-importing economies.


Japan's Terra Drone buys 2 Ukrainian drone makers in global push

TOKYO -- Terra Drone will turn Ukrainian startups Terra Drone and Amazing Drones into subsidiaries under plans announced Monday as the Tokyo-based company looks to sell combat-proven unmanned aerial vehicles in Japan, Europe, the Middle East and beyond.