Tokyo / Bloomberg Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki ceded the role of chief executive officer and one of his top deputies will resign after the automaker admitted to using unapproved fuel-economy testing methods in Japan. The 86-year-old Suzuki will decline the position of CEO and Executive Vice President Osamu Honda, 66, will step down as of the company’s ...

  New Delhi / Bloomberg India’s monsoon has finally arrived. The annual rains reached the southern state of Kerala on Wednesday, Sunitha Devi, an official with the India Meteorological Department, said by phone from Pune. The normal onset date for the monsoon is June 1 and the agency had said Tuesday that it would probably cover Kerala by June 9. ...

  Tokyo / AFP Japan’s economy expanded at a slightly faster pace than first thought, revised figures showed on Wednesday, knocking hopes that the central bank will unleash fresh stimulus this month. The data were unlikely to inspire renewed faith in Prime Minister’s Shinzo Abe’s faltering growth policies, after Tokyo last week said it would delay a tax hike to ...