China robotics startup offers automation in distribution centers
BEIJING -- A Chinese robotics startup is growing into a major supplier of technologies to improve the efficiency of operations...
Day: April 23, 2020
Coronavirus latest: Australia calls on G-20 to ban wet wildlife markets
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
China steps up consolidation of smaller banks caught in slowdown
BEIJING -- China will press for mergers and acquisitions among smaller lenders put at risk by the economic fallout from the...
SK Hynix Q1 profit beats estimates thanks to robust server demand
SEOUL -- SK Hynix delivered a resilient performance in the first quarter despite the coronavirus pandemic as robust demand for...
South Korean GDP shrinks 1.4% in first quarter, most since 2008
SEOUL -- South Korea's economy contracted 1.4% in the first three months of 2020 from the previous quarter, marking the...
South Korean economy contracts most since 2008 in first quarter
SEOUL -- South Korea's economy contracted 1.4% in the first three months of 2020 from the previous quarter, marking the...
Hidden threat: Japan has only 2-week stockpile of LNG
TOKYO -- The coronavirus outbreak has raised a new risk for Japan -- a potential cutoff of the crucial liquified natural gas supply...
Toyota to halve Japan production, putting jobs at risk
NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor will cut next month's domestic automobile production by roughly half from its March-end plan, Nikkei learned...
Suntory offers big bucks to techies who can personalize drinks
TOKYO -- Suntory Holdings has begun dangling annual salaries in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to lure technology talent...
India halts China-made antibody tests after suspect results
NEW DELHI -- India's top medical research body has asked the country's states to stop using Chinese-made coronavirus antibody tests...
