Japan to suffer 400,000 coronavirus deaths if no action: estimate
TOKYO -- Japan warned that the new coronavirus outbreak will cause 850,000 seriously sick patients and half of them may...
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KoinWorks bags $20m in additional capital and debt facilities
JAKARTA -- An Indonesian peer-to-peer fintech lending platform for SMEs on Monday announced that it raised $20 million in fresh...
Indian medtech startups on front line in coronavirus fight
MUMBAI -- A host of Indian medical startups are harnessing their technology expertise to help the country's 1.3 billion population,...
How coronavirus exposed the collapse of global leadership
SINGAPORE -- As car crash interviews go, Bruce Aylward's was excruciating and revealing in equal measure. In late March, Alyward,...
Moon’s Democrats have edge as voting begins in Korean election
SEOUL -- For An Jong-woong, it was an obvious choice to vote for President Moon Jae-in's Democratic Party when he...
Teijin to make medical gowns amid coronavirus shortage
TOKYO -- Japanese textile maker Teijin will foray into the production of medical gowns, supplies of which have grown short...
Coronavirus latest: Trump halts funding to WHO
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Sony and Panasonic keep Malaysia plants shut longer
TOKYO -- The technology industry's supply chain faces the risk of a bottleneck in Southeast Asia, where Sony and Panasonic are...
Japan’s population shrinks at record rate, losing 276,000 people
TOKYO -- Japan's population suffered its largest one-year drop last year, government estimates released Tuesday show, with the country's working-age labor...
No fastpass: Cinema closures dent Wanda’s dream of beating Disney
DALIAN, China/SHANGHAI -- Dreams of creating a global entertainment empire have driven China's Dalian Wanda Group to the brink of...
