Japan was expected to pass a 90.3 trillion yen ($1.1 trillion) budget on Thursday, with about half the spending financed by new bonds that will add to Japan's massive debt mountain.

The country's rul

Japan's premier-designate Yoshihiko Noda on Monday vowed a safe pair of hands in rebuilding the country from its tsunami-nuclear disasters after he was elected the ruling party chief.

The low-key, bu

Washington, Nov. 2: Days ahead of a visit to India, the US President, Mr Barack Obama, faces the prospects of a radically altered political landscape with a widely predicted rout for his Democratic pa