Insurers warn cyber attacks could overwhelm sector
A state-sponsored cyber attack could cause economic damage on a scale equal to Covid-19, overwhelming the insurance industry and requiring...
Month: May 2020
That pesky Brexit war is about to rear its head again
Amid all the current horrors, doubtless you have been comforting yourself with the thought that at least we are shot...
We should use Covid to woo China, not demonise it
As can be seen, that’s a mighty powerful alliance of interests, which any prime minister, never mind one as beholden...
From Alibaba to Zoom, China-US tech war spreads to video calls
TOKYO -- With more people around the world working and socializing from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rivalry between Chinese...
SoftBank Vision Fund strategy under scrutiny as deals stall
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group founder and Chairman Masayoshi Son on Monday will try to persuade investors that his company's giant...
Rudderless leadership finally crashes Japanese clothier Renown
TOKYO -- Japanese apparel maker Renown's bankruptcy filing to the Tokyo District Court last week was actually prepared by a subsidiary...
Coronavirus presents existential threat to Japan’s hotels
TOKYO -- In what would have been a windfall year had the Olympic Games proceeded as planned, Japan's hotel chains...
WHO vote on Taiwan, China’s NPC convenes, and Fujifilm earnings
Welcome to Nikkei Asian Preview. The week will open with the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health...
Muhyiddin and Mahathir rekindle feud as Malaysia looks beyond virus
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faces mounting pressure to prove he has the support of parliament's lower...
To Japan’s Olympic hopefuls, a year sounds like a long time
TOKYO -- Japanese athletes who had been on training schedules designed to put them at the top of their game...
