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...
Linda J. Dodson
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...
Wuhan’s tech and auto factories up and humming as lockdown lifted
BEIJING -- As Wuhan emerges from a lockdown of over two months, the industrial hub of 11 million people is...
Foxconn to mass produce ventilators in Wisconsin from May
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer, will begin producing ventilators in the U.S. to help...
