Crowdfunding helps Asians save favorite cafes and starving elephants
TOKYO -- Natsumi Geji missed going to her favorite Chinese tea shop in the city of Fukuoka, on Japan's southern...
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In pictures: Thais pitch in to help others in need
BANGKOK -- Thailand is gradually emerging from a government lockdown imposed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. The...
‘Death of yields’ puts countries at risk of ‘Japanization’
TOKYO -- Where did interest rates go?Until 2010, the only country that had yields lower than 1% for its government...
China takes battle for cryptocurrency hegemony to new stage
TOKYO -- Global competition for supremacy in digital currencies has entered a new phase with China's creation of an East...
Shequ: Chinese Communist Party’s coronavirus-fighting mini-unit
BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang proudly said at the National People's Congress on May 22: "We have made major...
China’s rich seek ways to move cash abroad before yuan weakens
SHANGHAI -- "There is no room for negotiation today," a black-market currency dealer said when approached on West Nanjing Road,...
Abe’s arm-twisting of bureaucrats paved way for Avigan blunder
TOKYO -- When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe learned that the Avigan flu medicine would not be approved for the coronavirus...
Kim Jong Un’s sister hints at military action against South Korea
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister Kim Yo Jong issued a statement Saturday warning that Pyongyang would...
With dinners canceled, Abe drifts away from public
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has tried to make up for gym closures due to the coronavirus pandemic by walking 10,000...
After Japan collision, USS Fitzgerald back in fighting shape
NEW YORK -- The U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, which collided with a container ship off Japan in 2017,...
