Cash crunch fears rise in Thai corporate bond market on pandemic
BANGKOK -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has created uncertainty in the Thai corporate bond market. Sales of bonds issued by the...
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Coronavirus latest: Thailand goes 15 days with no local infections
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Ads touting quack coronavirus cures rampant in Japan
TOKYO -- Dubious cures for the novel coronavirus have popped up on e-commerce sites in Japan, prompting a government watchdog to warn...
TSMC says other clients can ‘fill gap’ if US ban hits Huawei
TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's biggest contract chipmaker, said on Tuesday that other customers are ready to...
Hong Kong hedge funds eye exit as national security law looms
HONG KONG (Financial Times) -- Hong Kong-based hedge funds are considering uprooting their operations as China prepares to impose sweeping...
Ito En uses tea leaves to brew up antimicrobial vending machines
TOKYO -- Ito En is protecting frequently touched areas of its tea vending machines with an ingredient of the very...
Singapore coronavirus clusters awaken Asia to migrants’ plight
SINGAPORE -- For one Bangladeshi migrant worker, this year has been his "worst experience" in Singapore.In April, he was forced...
Coronavirus latest: Cathay and major shareholders halt trading
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Resource-poor Japan unearths metal riches in its trash
TOKYO -- As mines around the world slow output in response to the coronavirus pandemic, threatening tighter supplies of precious...
Japan to block coronavirus bargain hunters seizing key companies
TOKYO -- Japan's former Economic Revitalization Minister Akira Amari, a confidant to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, posits a nightmare scenario...
