Zhong Shanshan, the richest man in China, has been beset this month ... of his firm built on claims that he's covertly promoting Japan. Zhong's wealth has taken a material hit.

Ma founded e-commerce firm Alibaba in the 1990s and was once China’s richest man. He is well known in Japan as a friend of Masayoshi Son, the founder and chief executive of SoftBank Group Corp.

Tadashi Yanai is the richest person in Japan. The Japanese businessman is worth an estimated $24.8 billion, according to Bloomberg. His fortune comes from his position as chairman and the biggest ...

The richest country in Asia has more than double the money of Japan and India combined. China’s GDP is $24.27 trillion (£19 trillion), measured in Purchasing Power Parity international dollars.

Mukesh Ambani, the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, is the richest man in Asia. He ventured into the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the ownership of Mumbai Indians in 2008.