Lionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times. He is author of "The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times."
Activist investor ValueAct makes $3.5bn contrarian bet on Japan
NEW YORK -- Japan is home to many companies "underappreciated by the capital markets," says a partner at American investment firm ValueAct Capital, which has made the Asian economy its second-largest destination after the U.S.
Coronavirus latest: Tokyo logs 6 new cases -- lowest 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 257,570,349 according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 5,151,177.
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Grab poised for U.S. listing as SPAC deal set for vote next week
SINGAPORE -- Singapore unicorn Grab could list in the U.S. by early December after the special purpose acquisition company it plans to merge with said it will vote on the proposed deal next week.
Japan partial reopening prompts Asian airlines to add flights
TOKYO -- Asian airlines are increasing the number of their international flights to meet gradually recovering demand now that Japan has reopened its border to business travelers, students and migrant workers who come over as intern trainees.
CP's telco arm to seek equal merger with Telenor's Thai entity
BANGKOK -- Thailand's largest conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group will seek an equal consolidation in merging its mobile communications entity with Norwegian telco giant Telenor's Thai arm -- a deal that will create the country's biggest mobile operator if it goes through.
Indonesia's top clerical body mired in terror suspect scandal
MEDAN, Indonesia -- The arrests of a senior member of Indonesia's top Islamic clerical body and the chairman of an Indonesian political party last week cast a new light on the most notorious terrorist group in Southeast Asia: Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).
Xi courts ASEAN at summit as Duterte hits out over South China Sea
SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday made a rare appearance in a special online summit with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, emphasizing Beijing's strong commitment to the bloc and promising to buy billions of dollars worth of ASEAN farm products.
China's bullying of tiny Bhutan risks South Asian stability
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and author of nine books, including "Asian Juggernaut: The Rise of China, India and Japan."
Thai Q3 unemployment at 16-year high as COVID squeezes economy
BANGKOK (Reuters) -- Thailand's unemployment rate hit a more than 16-year high in the third quarter, as tougher coronavirus restrictions hit economic activity and jobs, the state planning agency said on Monday.