BANGKOK -- European and Asian leaders are set to gather virtually for a two-day meeting beginning Thursday, with the former expected to strengthen broad Indo-Pacific ties in a break from their past China-centric approach.

PHNOM PENH -- If Cambodian authorities hoped to intimidate the next generation of activists by locking many of them up, it backfired.

TOKYO -- U.S. payments group Circle said it will make more investments in Asia to expand the use of its stablecoin, a fast-growing cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar, in the region.

NEW DELHI -- Sri Lanka will tap a Chinese company for a port project in Colombo, its largest city, that had been awarded to Japan and India before the partnership was scrapped early this year.

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Cumulative global cases have reached 259,375,348, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 5,173,856.

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TOKYO -- Major Toshiba shareholder 3D Investment Partners will not support the industrial group's plans to split into three independent companies, the Singapore-based asset manager said Wednesday, citing an inadequate review process leading up to the decision.

WAKAYAMA, Japan -- I am quite sure Takashi Sakohira noticed my apprehension as we drove along the winding, narrow mountain pass and I struggled to take my eyes off the near-vertical drop a few meters away.

NEW YORK/ISTANBUL -- Turkey's currency clawed back some of its losses Wednesday after falling more than 15% at one point against the dollar the previous day on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's continued defense of interest rate cuts as a cure for rising inflation.