Coronavirus pandemic pushes US and China into new Cold War
TOKYO -- While the U.S.-China relationship has become more toxic than ever since their dramatic rapprochement in the 1970s, the...
Economic
China to US airfreight prices spike as coronavirus hits
TOKYO/BANGKOK -- Air and sea cargo fares have surged due to the coronavirus pandemic, with airfreight prices from Shanghai to U.S. and...
Tokyo university startup develops coronavirus-catching fabric
MATSUYAMA, Japan -- Zetta, a spinout from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, also known as Tokyo Tech, has developed a nonwoven...
India’s coronavirus infections surpass China total
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the...
Coronavirus upsets Japan 5G launch
TOKYO -- The coronavirus outbreak has upset efforts by Japan's mobile phone carriers to attract new 5G customers, forcing them...
Coronavirus: Vaccine and PCR tests are no panacea
TOKYO -- There is no such thing as perfect technology. And while there are growing expectations for a vaccine and...
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka looks beyond center court
TOKYO -- People around the world remain hunkered down at home as the novel coronavirus continues to rage. Japanese tennis...
US pushes China decoupling, wiping billions off Apple and Boeing
NEW YORK/PALO ALTO, U.S. -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's new crackdown on Huawei Technologies' access to American know-how kicked off a new...
New ban on Huawei blocks access to non-US chipmakers
TAIPEI -- The U.S. government on Friday further tightened export controls on Huawei Technologies' access to American equipment and software,...
New US ban on Huawei cuts off access to global chipmakers
TAIPEI -- The U.S. government on Friday further tightened export controls on Huawei Technologies' access to American equipment and software,...
