Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Japan declares COVID emergency with Olympics 3 months away

Stringent curbs in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo for 'safe and secure' games

April 23, 2021 21:01 JST | Japan

Politics

Singapore PM picks Lawrence Wong to take ex-heir Heng's portfolio

April 23, 2021 18:16 JST | Singapore

Automobiles

Honda accelerates along EV road under new CEO Mibe

April 23, 2021 17:59 JST | Japan

Coronavirus

'Storm of COVID cases' has India gasping for oxygen

April 23, 2021 19:25 JST | India

Climate Change

GE pushes installation of typhoon-proof offshore turbines in Japan

April 23, 2021 18:14 JST | Japan

Opinion

Yanghee Lee

ASEAN must use weekend summit to save Myanmar

April 23, 2021 17:00 JST | Myanmar

Yanghee Lee

IPO

Hong Kong fintech unicorn WeLab seeks IPO amid virtual bank boom

April 23, 2021 16:56 JST | Hong Kong

Retail

China's duty-free champion looks to go abroad via HKEX

April 23, 2021 20:44 JST | Hong Kong

Companies

Philippines' Ayala takes 'long-term' view on Myanmar amid crisis

April 23, 2021 17:49 JST | Philippines

Obituaries

Walter Mondale was the epitome of the heavyweight ambassador

April 23, 2021 18:02 JST | North America

Editor's Picks

Myanmar Coup

What to expect at ASEAN's Myanmar crisis summit

April 23, 2021 11:59 JST | Myanmar

International relations

Chinese and Russian troops battle subzero chill in Siberia drills

April 23, 2021 11:58 JST | Russia & Caucasus

Coronavirus

Cambodians plead for food as lockdown strictly enforced

April 23, 2021 15:42 JST | Cambodia

Opinion

World's oil and gas majors cannot be expected to save Myanmar

April 22, 2021 17:00 JST | Myanmar

The Taiwan risk gorilla kicks Kim to Asia's sidelines

April 22, 2021 05:00 JST | Taiwan

Brahma Chellaney

US fails to understand that it no longer calls the shots in Asia

April 21, 2021 17:00 JST | China

Brahma Chellaney

Life & Arts

Life

The cats and dogs helping to ease Kashmir's mental health crisis

April 22, 2021 17:00 JST | India

Arts

'Haunted' hotel sheds light on Malaysia heritage neglect

April 21, 2021 08:00 JST | Malaysia

Tea Leaves

Tokyo launches 'toilet diplomacy'

April 21, 2021 11:13 JST | Japan

Market Data

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- Nikkei 225
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- +9.05
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- Hang Seng
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- +323.41
- +1.12%
- Singapore STI
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- +6.26
- +0.20%
- Sensex
- 47,878.45
- -202.22
- -0.42%
- Dow Jones Ind.
- 33,815.90
- -321.41
- -0.94%
- USD/JPY
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- -0.34
- -0.32%
- USD/CNY
- 6.48
- 0.00
- 0.00%

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Business Spotlight

Mom-and-pop stores at center of India's $850bn retail evolution

April 23, 2021 05:41 JST | India

Energy

CNOOC eyes $29bn Qatar LNG project to aid Xi's CO2 target

April 22, 2021 23:26 JST | China

Interview

Chinese carmaker GAC presses ahead with Myanmar factory plan

April 22, 2021 16:47 JST | Myanmar

Automobiles

Hyundai Motor Q1 operating profit surges 92% on strong demand

April 22, 2021 14:49 JST | South Korea

China tech

Jack Ma and Alibaba's media power touches nerve in Beijing

April 21, 2021 15:25 JST | China

Politics

Tencent-Rakuten deal exposes limits of Japan investment rules

April 20, 2021 14:09 JST | Japan

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