A crisis of demand, not supply, has dented my hopes of a swift recovery
Half as many tables means sharply lower turnover will not cover fixed costs – and that’s before you’ve worked out...
Month: May 2020
Tencent dominates Myanmar’s booming music streaming scene
YANGON -- Major Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings is leading Myanmar's growth in music streaming services, plowing ahead while major...
Startup targets Japan’s intensive care capacity as coronavirus hits
TOKYO -- Japan's Covid-19 situation is speeding up the adoption of remote support systems by hospitals with understaffed intensive care units,...
Coronavirus: Medical mystery of recovered patients testing positive
Doctors and scientists are still grappling with the mystery of patients who continue testing positive for the COVID-19 virus weeks...
What will happen to house prices in the UK after lockdown? Watch New Zealand’s property market
Both markets reacted similarly to lockdown, with transaction levels in both countries tumbling to around 10pc of the usual levels,...
Coronavirus latest: New Zealand reports zero new cases
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Emerging market currencies mark biggest falls in 5 years
TOKYO -- Emerging market currencies are collapsing in a magnitude last seen in 2015 when China's renminbi devaluation panicked global...
A tin specialist in small-town Japan has designs on global renown
TOYAMA, Japan -- When the then director of an elite French restaurant saw some tableware at an exhibition in 2014,...
Alibaba and Amazon borrow furloughed service workers
TOKYO -- Online retailers and delivery companies seeing a sudden spike in demand from homebound consumers are borrowing workers from industries...
Coronavirus latest: Pompeo cites ‘significant evidence’ of lab leak
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
