SEOUL -- South Korean entertainment group CJ ENM will acquire Endeavor Content, the U.S.-based production company behind Oscar-winning "La La Land," as part of a push to become a global entertainment powerhouse.
JAL and Tencent team on marketing to Chinese travelers
TOKYO -- Flag carrier Japan Airlines has partnered with Tencent Holdings to release a WeChat mini-app that will market air trips to Japan to Chinese travelers.
India and Vietnam will define the future of Asia: Kurt Campbell
NEW YORK -- U.S. President Joe Biden's administration views India and Vietnam as key countries to strengthen relations with, his Indo-Pacific point man said Friday.
Coronavirus latest: U.S. FDA authorizes boosters for all adults
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.
For more information about the spread of COVID-19 and vaccination progress around the world, please see our interactive charts and maps.
New research reveals the myth of Japan's 'lost decades'
Hiroshi Ono is professor of human resource management at Hitotsubashi University Business School. Kelsey J. O'Connor is researcher in the economics of well-being at STATEC Research, Luxembourg.
Prove Peng Shuai is safe, U.N. calls on China
NEW YORK -- China must prove the "whereabouts and well-being" of Peng Shuai, the U.N. human rights chief said Friday, after the tennis star disappeared following sexual assault allegations she made against a former Chinese vice premier.
Kingmaker Abe behind push for Japan's supersize stimulus
TOKYO -- When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the latter's parliamentary office on Wednesday, a large portion of the conversation was about the economy.
Former U.S. ambassador urges Japanese officials to skip Beijing Olympics
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. William Hagerty, who served as the ambassador to Japan in the Trump administration, is urging Tokyo to launch a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Myanmar minister says 'there is no torture' of protesters
YANGON -- Myanmar's information minister, Maung Maung Ohn, has denied numerous media reports that the country's military-led government is torturing detained protesters, highlighting the regime's distrust of independent news media, including foreign journalists.
Coronavirus latest: Russia's daily deaths hit new record high
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.
For more information about the spread of COVID-19 and vaccination progress around the world, please see our interactive charts and maps.
