HONG KONG -- Shortly before Laopu Gold raised its prices by 20% to 30% at the end of February, Ms. Liu bought her first item from the viral Chinese jewelry brand. It would not be her last.
Japan weighs tighter income requirement for permanent residency
TOKYO -- Japan is considering a proposal to tighten income requirements for obtaining permanent residency, part of measures being considered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to curb the rapidly rising number of foreigners living in the country amid pressure from other parties.
Advantage Partners to invest $3bn over five years in Japan real estate
TOKYO -- Japanese corporate acquisition firm Advantage Partners will enter the real estate investment market this fiscal year and invest 500 billion yen ($3.13 billion) over five years, looking to take over assets being sold by midsize Japanese companies aiming to improve capital efficiency.
Mitsubishi teams up with Swiss DKSH to sell Japan food in Southeast Asia
TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. has partnered with Switzerland's DKSH, the largest food and consumer goods wholesaler in Southeast Asia, to make a full-scale push into the region with Japanese food products.
Data center security must change after Iran attacks: Microsoft president
TOKYO -- With artificial intelligence data centers emerging as targets for drone and missile attacks, including in the Middle East conflict, international rules are needed to protect civilian infrastructure, Microsoft President Brad Smith said here Friday.
Japan PM Takaichi plans Australia visit to discuss rare earths
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning a visit to Australia during the upcoming national holiday period starting later this month, Nikkei learned Friday, seeking to discuss strengthening supply chains for rare-earth elements and cooperation on safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Chinese Politburo member Ma Xingrui under investigation
BEIJING (Reuters )-- Ma Xingrui, a member of China's elite Politburo, is under investigation over suspected "serious violation of law and discipline", becoming the latest senior Chinese leader to fall under the anti-graft watchdog's scrutiny.
China is stepping up its years-long fight to root out corruption with the purge of sitting members of the Politburo, the ruling Communist Party's decision-making body.
Ma, who also serves as the deputy leader of the central rural work leading group
Trump's reckless Iran war is cascading across the Indo-Pacific
Derek Grossman is a professor of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as a senior defense analyst at RAND and as the daily intelligence briefer to the assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Chinese coal miners eye comeback as Iran war shakes energy market
SHANGHAI -- The global oil supply shock triggered by the Iran war is generating a tailwind for China's coal industry, which has been under pressure from oversupply and the country's rapid shift to renewable energy.
Min Aung Hlaing elected Myanmar president despite international criticism
YANGON -- Myanmar's military-dominated parliament on Friday elected regime leader Min Aung Hlaing as the country's 11th president, completing a choreographed transition to nominally civilian rule five years after the armed forces seized power.