Its largest markets in order of importance were: Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, India, and Vietnam.

[1] The paper's main regional office was in Hong Kong, and its former editor, international, was Daniel Hertzberg.

The first editor and publisher of the Asian Journal was Peter R. Kann, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Company.

Gina Chua served as editor-in-chief of the publication before her appointment as executive editor of Reuters.

[4][5] The Wall Street Journal Asia was also online at WSJ.com, the largest paid subscription news site on the web, and in Chinese at Chinese.wsj.com.