TOKYO -- Japan's stubbornly high inflation and U.S. trade tariffs are casting a pall over both this month's upper house election race and the central bank's efforts to normalize monetary policy.

COLOMBO/NEW DELHI -- India's quest for energy stakes in Sri Lanka has exposed a foreign policy litmus test for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a neophyte in geopolitics.

BANGKOK (AP) -- Thailand's Cabinet on Tuesday withdrew a controversial bill that aims to legalize casinos, moving after the ...