December 4, 2015 Balentien breaks Japan baseball league record Former US major leaguer Wladimir Balentien slammed his 56th and 57th home runs of the season Sunday to break a Japanese league record first set by Japan's home-run king Sadaharu Oh 49 years ago.
December 4, 2015 Taiwan confirms first rabies in dog Taiwanese health authorities on Tuesday renewed a call for owners to inoculate their pets after confirming a case of rabies in a dog, as the island struggles with its first outbreak of the disease in decades.
December 4, 2015 TEPCO to drain two tanks at Fukushima nuclear plant Fukushima operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said Saturday it would empty two more coolant tanks that hold radioactive water over fears of fresh leaks at the crippled nuclear plant.
December 4, 2015 Defiant Cambodian PM vows to lead new government Cambodia's strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday vowed to establish a government under his leadership despite allegations by the opposition party of massive electoral fraud.
December 4, 2015 Lebanese ref says he was not asked to rig matches A Lebanese referee expected to be a key prosecution witness in the match-fixing trial of a Singaporean businessman admitted Tuesday that the 31-year-old had never asked him to rig a game.
December 4, 2015 Cambodian opposition cries foul on eve of vote Cambodia's opposition leader on Saturday denounced signs of voter fraud on the eve of elections and labelled Prime Minister Hun Sen a "coward" for not allowing him to participate.
December 4, 2015 Malaysia extends controversial affirmative action Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Saturday announced fresh measures to benefit the country's ethnic Malay majority despite an earlier pledge to reform the controversial affirmative action policy.
December 4, 2015 Japan industrial output falls 3.3% on-month in June Japan's industrial output fell by a sharper-than-expected 3.3 percent on-month in June, government data showed Tuesday, underscoring the challenge Tokyo faces in kickstarting the nation's economy.
December 4, 2015 Kerry joins Asia talks with focus on security, Snowden US Secretary of State John Kerry flew from tough Middle East peace talks into international meetings in Asia on Monday devoted to a full plate of sensitive issues including North Korea's nuclear programme and fugitive leaker Edward Snowden.
December 4, 2015 Aquino vows more Philippine police -- with guns -- on beat Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Tuesday tens of thousands of police officers would finally get service pistols after having gone without guns for years because the government lacked the money to buy them.