SoftBank’s $100bn Vision Fund to shed 15% of staff
LONDON -- SoftBank Group's $100 billion Vision Fund is shedding 15% of its staff following the investment vehicle's aggressive bets...
Economic
Japanese banks gobble up half of Fed dollar funding
TOKYO -- About half of dollar funding provided to global central banks by the U.S. Federal Reserve in response to...
Abe softens stance on full-scale Olympics to avoid cancellation
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeatedly vowed to hold the Olympics in a "complete form" next summer,...
China to start work on Hong Kong security bills June 18
BEIJING -- China will hammer out the details of pending national security laws to be imposed on Hong Kong starting June...
US chip software makers thrive in China with non-Huawei clients
TOKYO -- One would assume that American trade sanctions imposed on Huawei Technologies would have been a heavy blow to U.S. chip-design software...
Japanese banks gobble up nearly half of dollar funding by Fed
TOKYO -- About half of dollar funding provided by the U.S. Federal Reserve in response to liquidity concerns caused by...
Japan will give e-signatures stamp of approval: DocuSign chief
PALO ALTO, U.S. -- San Francisco-based electronic signature provider DocuSign has seen an acceleration in its business as the coronavirus pandemic...
India’s migrant exodus foreshadows an economic crisis
NEW DELHI -- Chiles and dried mango powder have helped Govind Jogi swallow handfuls of plain boiled rice -- the...
Coronavirus latest: People with type O blood less susceptible, study shows
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
New capital cities for Indonesia and Egypt take back seat
JAKARTA/DUBAI -- Grand plans by Indonesia and Egypt to move their capitals to new ground have stalled as their governments divert resources...
