Beijing Diary: Dining with Communist forefathers
The Chinese government is battling to contain the coronavirus outbreak that has infected tens of thousands and killed more than...
Economic
Coronavirus latest: Tokyo stocks rise as emergency nears end
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Can Kevin Mayer transform TikTok?
Beijing/Hong Kong/San Francisco/New York (Financial Times) -- Homer Simpson, Darth Vader and Captain America have a shared back-story: they were...
Japan to lift coronavirus alert in Tokyo and all areas
TOKYO -- Japan is set to lift the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and four other prefectures still on...
Malaysia’s Vista Eye to raise $30m to finance expansion
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA -- Malaysia-based private eyecare chain Vista Eye Specialist is looking to raise $20-30 million to finance its expansion plans,...
Indian digital ledger startup raises $60m to expand offerings
BENGALURU, INDIA -- Bengaluru-based digital ledger startup Khatabook has raised around $60 million in a Series B fundraising round, money...
Coronavirus persuades house of Nomura and its peers to go digital
TOKYO -- Japan Inc. is crawling out of the nation's state of emergency, but the search for a new normal...
Coronavirus latest: China reports 11 new infections
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
China blames US hawks for risking ‘new Cold War’
SHANGHAI -- China's foreign minister on Sunday argued that political forces in the U.S. are pushing the two powers into a...
Tokyo’s excess deaths far higher than COVID-19 count, data shows
TOKYO -- The Japanese capital may have suffered more than 200 excess fatalities from pneumonia and other causes early in...
