TOKYO -- Tokyo Metro on Wednesday embarked on a journey to transform from a public service provider into a potentially hot ticket for investors, with its shares soaring 36% as they debuted on the ...

DHAKA (Reuters) -- Bangladesh's central bank said on Tuesday it would raise its key interest rate by half a percentage point, its fourth hike this year as it battles stubbornly high inflation. The ...

The operator of the Japanese capital city's 104-year-old subway system aims to take advantage of its position as a provider of vital infrastructure for the city of 14 million that is now a major hub ...

"When I drove through Laos nine years ago, the villages were very dark. People were watching me from the shadows. Now it's brighter and it's possible to talk about the secret war. But it's still not ...

TOKYO -- International tourists to Japan will soon have to wait until the day they depart to get reimbursed for consumption taxes paid on purchases in the country as the government battles growing ...

The Hangzhou-based office worker, who asked to use only her English name, said she was shocked at first, as she had never personally requested a returnless refund before, but in the end could only ...

Japanese law currently requires overseas lenders to have a Japanese banking license, or a physical office or personnel in the country, in order to issue loans. The Financial Services Agency intends to ...

Salman Rafi Sheikh is assistant professor of politics at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

TOKYO -- A Tokyo Stock Exchange employee is being investigated by Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission for ...

TOKYO -- With its stock price struggling to rebound from a year-to-date low, efforts by Japanese steelmaker JFE Holdings to ...

TOKYO -- Airlines offering flights to and from Japan are facing a fuel shortage caused by streamlining in the oil distribution sector, forcing them to give up on adding flights or new routes despite ...

KKR has always been in the retirement business. Some of the first investors in our private equity funds were the state pension funds of Oregon, Washington and Michigan. Those public funds support the ...