China’s road operators left battered by no-toll policy
TOKYO -- As of midnight Wednesday, China's road, bridge and tunnel operators are once again free to collect fees from...
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Hong Kong’s Li & Fung plots future as global supply chain frays
HONG KONG -- Even though Li & Fung had been a Hong Kong fixture for more than a century, CEO...
Traditional Chinese cures battle for acceptance in COVID-19 fight
SHANGHAI -- Many Chinese people are using traditional medicines to help fight off the new coronavirus, but the ancient cures...
Tesla insists Shanghai production stoppage ‘normal’
SHANGHAI -- Tesla has halted production at its factory in Shanghai, which had been its only plant still in operation...
Eli Lilly partners with Shanghai Junshi for COVID-19 cure
U.S. pharmaceutical Eli Lilly is partnering with Chinese drugmaker Shanghai Junshi Biosciences to develop new antibody therapies for COVID-19, the...
Coronavirus latest: Japan’s ANA to suspend spring 2021 hiring
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Japan’s overtime hours take biggest tumble amid virus outbreak
TOKYO -- Overtime hours in Japan fell 7.4% in April, the largest monthly decline since January 2013, when comparable data...
Coronavirus latest: Australia to provide Pacific nations test kits
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Japan’s Shionogi primed to mass-produce coronavirus vaccine in 2021
TOKYO -- As Shionogi & Co. races to bring a possible coronavirus vaccine to the market next year, the Japanese drug manufacturer is considering plans...
Japanese diplomatic luminary Okamoto dies at 74
TOKYO -- Yukio Okamoto, a diplomatic expert who advised multiple Japanese prime ministers, two in an official capacity, on issues...
