Xi’s Japan trip unlikely this year as US-China tensions burn
TOKYO/BEIJING -- The Japanese government has decided to halt preparations for a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping for...
Day: June 5, 2020
Asian cities harness big data and AI for contact tracing
TOKYO -- China's Alibaba Group Holding offers an app that restricts individuals at a high risk of having been exposed to...
Kirin to probe Myanmar brewery partner over army funding allegations
YANGON -- Japanese beverage group Kirin Holdings said Friday it will commission an audit of its joint venture partner in...
Kirin to probe Myanmar partner over army funding allegations
YANGON -- Japanese beverage group Kirin Holdings said Friday it will commission an audit of its joint venture partner in...
Is Facebook using the pandemic to shore up its influence?
In mid-May, Facebook acquired the popular GIF-sharing platform Giphy, raising eyebrows from Madison Avenue to the halls of Congress as...
Campbell boosts ad spend as sales surge during pandemic
Dive Brief: Campbell Soup Company increased advertising spend during the first three months of the year as the coronavirus pandemic...
Thailand economy czar hit by party revolt at pandemic turning point
BANGKOK -- Thailand's coalition government has been rocked by an internal revolt in the pro-military Palang Pracharath Party, the largest...
Nike’s ‘For Once, Don’t Do It’ ad seen as empowering, exploitative: study
Dive Brief: Nike's "For Once, Don't Do It" ad was perceived as empowering by 60% of respondents in a recent...
Coronavirus latest: Dow jumps 700 points on surprise US job growth
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Shigeru Yokota, tragic figure in North Korea abductions issue, dies
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Shigeru Yokota, father of Megumi Yokota, a symbolic figure in the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese...
