Recruit seeks $4.15bn credit line for coronavirus fund
TOKYO -- Staffing company Recruit Holdings is seeking credit lines worth a total of 450 billion yen ($4.15 billion) from Japan's...
Economic
SoftBank CFO sticks to $41bn asset sale plan despite coronavirus
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group is determined to push ahead with its 4.5 trillion yen ($41 billion) asset sale program as...
Coronavirus drives Japan workmates to drink and bond online
TOKYO -- Few Japanese customs are so beloved of its millions of company employees as the "nomikai" -- the after-work...
Five things to know about South Korea’s general election
SEOUL -- South Koreans will cast their ballots in a general election on Wednesday, choosing the 300 lawmakers who will...
Beijing Diary: Tokyo becomes a cautionary tale
The Chinese government is battling to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has infected tens of thousands and killed more than...
Bangladesh seeks IMF lifeline after record stimulus package
DHAKA -- Bangladesh is seeking $700 million in financial backing from the International Monetary Fund after rolling out its biggest-ever...
Hong Kong’s army of volunteers disinfects the city, house by house
Gillian Wong, a petite, semiretired accountant in her sixties, leads the way into the dilapidated buildings, her eyes struggling to...
Coronavirus and baseball collide in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea
TOKYO/SEOUL -- It was April Fool's Day, but the organizer of the Taiwanese professional baseball league was in no mood...
Japan’s Aichi Prefecture declares its own coronavirus emergency
TOKYO -- Japan's Aichi Prefecture declared its own state of emergency on Friday, signaling tension between the central and local...
Coronavirus latest: Kyoto asks to be put under emergency decree
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
