News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| about 1 month ago
China, the centre will be located in Beijing, contributing directly to trade promotion, investment, tourism, education, as well as cultural and people-to-people exchanges...Thailand said that on the global financial and economic crisis, leaders noted...
News Source: Financial Times
| about 1 month ago
Washington is strongly pushing for Tokyo’s new Democratic Party of Japan-led administration to stick with plans to move the Futenma base from its present urban site to a less populated location on Okinawa’s northern coast, with Robert Gates, the...
News Source: Wellington Dominion
| about 1 month ago
A giant new Asia free-trade zone stretching from New Zealand to India is a step closer after leaders meeting in Thailand gave officials approval to step up negotiations. The 16 leaders of Southeast Asia – plus Japan, China, South Korea, India,...
News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 month ago
After a year of uncertain economic prospects, a sense of cautious optimism appeared to have returned to Asia’s leaders here over the weekend, as they returned to the business of increasing trade within the region, lowering tariffs and discussing...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 month ago
Regional partners to a Southeast Asian trade bloc have outlined rival proposals for a European-style economic community in Asia, home to the world's most dynamic economies. At a weekend summit in southern Thailand, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio...
News Source: Kyodo News
| about 1 month ago
Japan-U.S. relations ''remain the cornerstone of Japan's foreign policy.'' Since realizing a historic change of government with a landslide election victory in late August, Hatoyama has advocated his long-term view of building an East Asian...