Asia

India eased rules for small businesses and exporters under its new tax system, the goods-and-services tax, amid growing criticism that poor implementation is hurting business in the South Asian economy.

Myanmar’s iconic champion of democracy has remained silent in the face of the military’s violent crackdown against the Rohingya Muslim minority. In making this calculation the Nobel laureate is channeling the country’s Buddhist majority, and drawing international condemnation.

An organization campaigning for the abolition of nuclear weapons was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for drawing attention to the danger of atomic armament.

Nissan faces possible penalties and a sales crunch over safety-check violations at its factories in Japan, which have forced the recall of nearly all the vehicles the company has sold there in the past three years.

The market seems to be undervaluing the Japanese tech conglomerate’s collection of stakes in tech companies.

Big Japanese railway companies introduce bespoke travel to exotic destinations with fine dining and chamber music to combat stagnation in their traditional market.

U.S. lawmakers are dialing up pressure on the Trump administration to expand sanctions aimed at North Korea to dozens of businesses described by U.S. and United Nations officials as components of North Korea’s illicit financing networks.

“The Rap of China”’s breakout success demonstrates how internet companies are starting to dictate entertainment and pop-culture trends once defined by television.

Yum China Holdings is turning to its KFC leadership for its next chief executive, tapping the one-time president of KFC China to take the reins next year.

TPP is moving ahead in ways that will cost American exporters.

Laying out the most specific plans yet to promote commercial and military space projects, Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday vowed to return U.S. astronauts to the moon while studying ways to streamline federal rules controlling rocket launches.

Modi’s reform delays mean too few jobs for the country’s poor.

In photos selected Thursday by Wall Street Journal editors, Chechen brides gather at a park to get married, Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel Prize for Literature, Brunei’s sultan celebrates 50 years on the throne, and more.

Oil prices advanced Thursday, boosted by discussions between OPEC and Russia to continue a plan to curb production and support prices.

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska’s EN+ said it expects to raise about $1.5 billion through an IPO, the biggest listing of a Russian company since the annexation of Crimea.

Whirlpool won crucial backing from a government panel in its bid to limit competition from foreign washing machine makers, giving the Trump administration another opportunity to invoke little-used powers to ramp up trade enforcement.