Plea for stamp duty holiday to revive housing market
An emergency stamp duty holiday is needed to reinvigorate the housing market after it was brought to a virtual standstill, surveyors have...
Year: 2020
California to purchase masks from Chinese EV maker BYD
PALO ALTO, U.S. -- California has reached an agreement with Chinese electric carmaker BYD to supply the state with much-needed...
Goodbye Ghosn: Coronavirus forces Nissan to ditch brash doctrine
TOKYO -- A total of 20,000 people who work for Nissan Motor in Europe and the U.S. are being laid off, as...
Abe and Gov. Koike tussle over Tokyo’s business closures
TOKYO -- A familiar battle is unfolding here between a local governor trying to close down all businesses to contain...
Southeast Asia’s auto plants limp along at 30% of capacity
BANGKOK/JAKARTA -- Auto factories throughout Southeast Asia are operating at only 30% of capacity as the coronavirus outbreak undercuts new vehicle purchases.Thailand issued an emergency declaration...
Coronavirus latest: India seals off more than 100 hot spots
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Taiwan’s battle against coronavirus began in late 2019
TAIPEI -- While most Taiwanese were focused on the presidential election at the start of the year, many doctors and...
Southeast Asia gives cash to low-wage workers as jobs evaporate
BANGKOK -- With the coronavirus bringing economic activity to a standstill, Southeast Asian countries are extending cash and other assistance...
Wealth taxes and financial repression loom as government debt spirals
If this really was a return to the Great Depression of the 1930s, stock markets would have suffered a much...
Thai Airways’ rebuilding plan hits turbulence from Airbus
BANGKOK -- Thai Airways International's plan to open an aircraft maintenance yard in eastern Thailand is in jeopardy after partner Airbus...
