India extends coronavirus lockdown for third time
TOKYO -- India extended its national lockdown for a third time on Sunday, to May 31, as the South Asian country struggles...
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Telemedicine gains ground as coronavirus stretches hospitals
TOKYO -- As the coronavirus outbreak overwhelms hospitals across the world, online medical services have become a valuable tool for connecting patients and...
From Alibaba to Zoom, China-US tech war spreads to video calls
TOKYO -- With more people around the world working and socializing from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the rivalry between Chinese...
SoftBank Vision Fund strategy under scrutiny as deals stall
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group founder and Chairman Masayoshi Son on Monday will try to persuade investors that his company's giant...
Rudderless leadership finally crashes Japanese clothier Renown
TOKYO -- Japanese apparel maker Renown's bankruptcy filing to the Tokyo District Court last week was actually prepared by a subsidiary...
Coronavirus presents existential threat to Japan’s hotels
TOKYO -- In what would have been a windfall year had the Olympic Games proceeded as planned, Japan's hotel chains...
WHO vote on Taiwan, China’s NPC convenes, and Fujifilm earnings
Welcome to Nikkei Asian Preview. The week will open with the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health...
Muhyiddin and Mahathir rekindle feud as Malaysia looks beyond virus
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faces mounting pressure to prove he has the support of parliament's lower...
To Japan’s Olympic hopefuls, a year sounds like a long time
TOKYO -- Japanese athletes who had been on training schedules designed to put them at the top of their game...
Cashmere piles up in Mongolia as coronavirus cripples trading
EMEELT, Mongolia -- After years of expanding their goat herds to meet growing demand for soft cashmere from Chinese traders...
