TOKYO -- Sony Group will offer ultrafast private 5G network services beginning next spring as the Japanese conglomerate seeks to tap a fast emerging growth area.

JAKARTA -- Indonesia is prioritizing COVID-19 control over tourism in the short term by continuing with tougher quarantine rules than many of its neighbors, a senior minister told Nikkei Asia, especially as the country gears up to chair the Group of 20 nations and host a series of meetings starting in December -- mainly in Bali.

Rupa Subramanya is a researcher and commentator. She is a distinguished fellow of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the co-author of " Indianomix: Making Sense of Modern India."

TOKYO -- At Japan's biggest coal-fired power plant, Hekinan, plans are underway to transform one of its generators to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2024. The ultimate goal for the plant's operator, JERA, is to make its thermal plants carbon neutral by burning alternative fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen.

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor plans to invest 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) over the next five years to accelerate its electric vehicle business, as the race to tap surging customer demand for greener cars heats up.

MANILA/JAKARTA -- The Philippines and Indonesia have hurriedly imposed travel bans and other restrictions in response to concerns over the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, omicron.

HONG KONG -- Unrest in the Solomon Islands has laid bare simmering unease over China's growing profile in the Pacific, and how some of the region's tiny states are approaching relations with the world's No. 2 economy.

BANGKOK -- Sixteen Thai insurance companies suffering losses from cheap COVID-19 policies they began selling last year are crossing their fingers that the regulator will allow them to revoke the policies.

RAUNHEIM, Germany -- In a brand-new office building a stone's throw from Frankfurt Airport, receptionists are switching on the illuminated Lotus logo for the first time, and workers are adding the finishing touches to the entrance as throngs of Italian, Portuguese and German speakers walk through.

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor will invest 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) over the next five years to accelerate its electric vehicle sales, the company announced Monday.