TOKYO -- Japan will introduce a new screening process for defense procurement to safeguard against leaks of sensitive information, Nikkei has learned, in a move that will increase scrutiny on supply chains for missiles, ships and other equipment.
Hong Kong highlights dilemma facing world's mobile elite
Henny Sender is a managing director at BlackRock in Hong Kong and a former Financial Times correspondent.
Mini-excavator maker Takeuchi is a big name in small machines
NAGANO, Japan -- When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, an unlikely name from more than 8,000 km away played a part in tearing it down.
Coronavirus: Week of Nov. 14 to Nov. 20, Hong Kong authorizes Sinovac vaccine for children aged 3-17
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 256,121,417 according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 5,133,242.
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'Everyone has a dream': Inside one Afghan family's struggle
MAZAR-I SHARIF, Afghanistan -- Ruqia is painfully thin and weak, but her health has improved since Nikkei Asia met her in late October, when she was close to starvation. She manages a whispered greeting of "Salam aleikum" to her visitors as her parents Massouma and Hussein look on. Sitting upright on a blanket spread over a cement step, she warms herself in the sun, watching her 4-year-old brother chase an irritated chicken around the family's small yard.
China's GAC breaks 1,000 km range barrier with new EV
GUANGZHOU/TOKYO -- Chinese automaker GAC Group stole the spotlight Friday at the opening of Guangzhou International Auto Show, unveiling an electric vehicle that can travel over 1,000 km on a single charge.
Powered by shipping boom, Mitsui O.S.K. pours cash into green fuel
TOKYO -- Japanese maritime shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will double investment in decarbonization efforts to the order of 400 billion yen ($3.5 billion) over three years compared with previous plans, President Takeshi Hashimoto told Nikkei in an interview.
The chef, the bartender, the sake brewer and the entrepreneur
TOKYO -- Japan may lag behind other developed countries when it comes to gender equality in the boardroom, but more and more women are taking the lead in hospitality, an increasingly important sector for Japan's economy.
ISIS-K's Afghan play worries Kabul, Beijing and Islamabad
ISLAMABAD -- The growing strength of ISIS-K, the Islamic State's regional affiliate in Afghanistan, has unsettled both the new Taliban regime in Kabul and neighboring countries, including China, Pakistan and Iran.
Thai CP Group, Norway's Telenor in talks to join mobile arms
BANGKOK -- Thailand's largest conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group and Norway telecoms group Telenor are in discussions to merge their mobile arms in Thailand, aiming to create the largest mobile operator in the kingdom.