A tin specialist in small-town Japan has designs on global renown
TOYAMA, Japan -- When the then director of an elite French restaurant saw some tableware at an exhibition in 2014,...
Economic
Alibaba and Amazon borrow furloughed service workers
TOKYO -- Online retailers and delivery companies seeing a sudden spike in demand from homebound consumers are borrowing workers from industries...
Coronavirus latest: Pompeo cites ‘significant evidence’ of lab leak
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Lawson ready to serve Japan’s fully wired households: CEO
TOKYO -- China's coronavirus shutdown has left a lasting mark on consumer shopping habits, and Japan is likely to see...
UV light robot destroys coronavirus in 2 minutes
TOKYO -- A machine that uses ultraviolet light to disinfect hospitals has been shown to deactivate the novel coronavirus in...
Lawson ready to serve Japan’s 100m digital customers: CEO
TOKYO -- China's coronavirus shutdown has left a lasting mark on consumer shopping habits, and Japan is likely to see...
Thailand eases lockdown but noodle-lovers divided by partitions
BANGKOK -- The streets of Bangkok hardly returned to business as usual Sunday, the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions...
Thailand eases lockdown but life far from normal
BANGKOK -- The streets of Bangkok hardly returned to business as usual Sunday, the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions...
Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts obstruct COVID-19 aid to minorities
YANGON -- Myanmar's numerous unresolved ethnic insurgencies have made a cohesive national response to the global COVID-19 pandemic virtually impossible.Until...
Normalcy eludes Bangkok after business lockdown eased
BANGKOK -- The streets of Bangkok hardly returned to business as usual Sunday, the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions...
