Tokyo / Bloomberg Suzuki Motor Corp.’s minicar sales fell 18 percent in Japan this month, after the automaker disclosed using improper methods to test the fuel economy of more than 2.1 million vehicles. Dealers heard both encouragement and criticism from customers after Suzuki said May 19 that it didn’t use a test method required by Japanese law, Chairman Osamu ...

  Yangon / AFP Myanmar’s growth rate, once one of the world’s most impressive, has dipped following heavy floods and an investment slowdown sparked by uncertainty over its political transition, the World Bank (WB) said on Tuesday. A civilian government led by veteran democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi took power in March after clinching a clear majority in elections late ...

  Beijing / Bloomberg China’s jobs market, which has weathered the economy’s slowdown so far this year, faces fresh challenges as the government plans to shut inefficient companies, according to a top official at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. The nation created 4.43 million new jobs in the first four months of the year, hitting 44 percent ...