Business Apr 9, 2020
Japan sets aside ¥243.5 billion to help firms shift production out of China
Most of the money is for companies shifting output back to Japan, but funds have also been reserved for those moving elsewhere in Asia.
Business Apr 9, 2020
If a stream of visitors to auto dealerships in the virus-hit city is any indication, the recovery of the car business in China and perhaps the world could be rapid.
Business / Corporate Apr 9, 2020
China corporate governance in doubt after two accounting scandals in week
China’s second accounting scandal in less than a week is underscoring concern over lax corporate governance at some of its fastest-growing companies. TAL Education Group, a tutoring business whose success turned founder Zhang Bangxin into one of China’s richest people, delivered the latest bombshell on ...
Asia Pacific Apr 9, 2020
Taiwan's foreign ministry on Thursday strongly protested accusations from the head of the World Health Organization that it condoned racist personal attacks on him that he alleged were coming from the self-governing island democracy. The ministry expressed "strong dissatisfaction and a high degree of regret" ...
World Apr 9, 2020
In virus-hit America, World Health Organization in firing line
With the United States in the throes of a historic public health crisis, President Donald Trump is aiming fire at the institution at the heart of the response — the World Health Organization. Skeptics see a mercurial U.S. leader eager to find a new scapegoat ...
World / Science & Health Apr 9, 2020
Older people remain most at risk of dying as the new coronavirus continues its rampage around the globe, but they’re far from the only ones vulnerable. One of many mysteries: Men seem to be faring worse than women. And as cases skyrocket in the U.S. ...
Business / Corporate Apr 8, 2020
Japan's Nintendo Co. has suspended domestic shipments of its popular Nintendo Switch video game console due to a production delay caused by the coronavirus outbreak, company officials said Wednesday. Nintendo has yet to decide when to resume shipments. The company will continue Nintendo Switch shipments for ...
Commentary / Japan Apr 8, 2020
Setting ‘simple’ standards is critical diplomacy
by Brad Glosserman
China is trying to put its stamp on “standard setting,” a little understood and even less appreciated dimension of international engagement.
Commentary / Japan Apr 8, 2020
by Cao Xiuyun
When Chinese entrepreneurs found themselves in an existential crisis, the philosophy of Kazuo Inamori provided much-needed answers.
Asia Pacific Apr 8, 2020
China snake village scales down as coronavirus prompts wildlife trade ban
Since China began frantic efforts to curb a coronavirus epidemic in late January, residents in the tiny snake breeding village of Zisiqiao have had to come to terms with a ban on wildlife trading, its lifeline for decades. Zisiqiao employed hundreds of people to breed ...
Asia Pacific Apr 8, 2020
As the world grapples with the escalating coronavirus pandemic, China reopened the city of Wuhan on Wednesday, allowing its 11 million residents to leave for the first time in over two months, a milestone in its effort to combat the outbreak. But while the operation ...
Asia Pacific Apr 8, 2020
After 11 weeks of lockdown, the first train departed Wednesday morning from a reopened Wuhan, the origin point for the coronavirus pandemic, as residents once again were allowed to travel in and out of the sprawling central Chinese city. Wuhan's unprecedented lockdown served as a ...