Tokyoites cautiously step out as Japan reopens for business
TOKYO -- Visitors to the Tokyo department store now wait in line to first be sanitized and have their temperatures...
Month: June 2020
Asahi’s $10bn Australian beer deal faces post-pandemic hangover
TOKYO -- Top Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings confronts a chilling business environment upon completing its acquisition of leading Australian group Carlton...
Coronavirus latest: Marriott reopens all hotels in China
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Coronavirus-torn Asia looks to reconnect with ‘travel bubbles’
SINGAPORE -- Zulkarnain Muhamed resides in Johor Bahru but works across the border in Singapore. The ship husbandry supervisor's daily...
US-China showdown over Hong Kong puts Japan in bind
TOKYO -- The escalating U.S. pressure against China over Hong Kong has left Japan facing a delicate diplomatic balancing act between toeing...
Has Ted Baker done enough to turn itself around?
Still, one can’t help but wonder what lasting damage recent events have exacted. The company has swung from a £30.7m...
Japan workplace bullying rules feared to spur necktied menaces
TOKYO -- Regulations to protect workers in Japan from abusive bosses and colleagues took effect Monday to criticism that it only...
Laos’ debt woes worsen as bills for China-funded dams loom
BANGKOK -- COVID-19 has rattled Laos' debut in selling a U.S. dollar bond in international markets, adding pressure on a...
Twitter Had Been Drawing a Line for Months When Trump Crossed It
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jack Dorsey was up late Thursday at his home in San Francisco talking online with his executives...
Watchdog prepares legal action against insurers over Covid payouts
The industry already expects to pay out £900m in business interruption claims, according to the Association of British Insurers, meaning...
