Commodities
Chiyoda seals $2.7bn deal for Indonesian copper smelting plant
Metal processed in East Java will feed rising demand for EV components
Construction
Construction
Sany challenges Komatsu's grip on Indonesian machinery market
Cheap prices drive Chinese player's growing share in Southeast Asia
Economy
Shenzhen skyscraper shakes up Chinese thinking on growth
'Prophetic' essay from 2001 criticized overreliance on speed and efficiency
Construction
Robot and apprentice: Preserving the art of Japanese joinery
Aging artisans push contractor Shimizu to digitize tradition for a new age
Property
Mitsubishi adds transit complex to Indonesia smart city project
Residential and commercial districts planned for rail station near Jakarta
Construction
Panasonic takes prefab homes to house-hungry Thailand
Cheaper, faster-to-build dwellings to generate sales topping $90m in fiscal 2030
Economy
China to expand highway network nearly 50% by 2035
Debt snowballs past $890bn as servicing costs top toll revenue
Companies
Japan's oldest company defies time with merit-based succession
1,400-year-old contractor survives on expertise in building temples and shrines
Business trends
Myanmar industrial parks offer precious infrastructure to investors
South Korean, Thai and Singaporean developers build business zones around Yangon
Construction
China bags Cambodian airport contract in blow to French operator
State-owned MCC lands $400m construction deal for new gateway in Phnom Penh
Travel & Leisure
Casino operator NagaCorp plans $350m resort near Angkor Wat
Company's first nongambling project met with skepticism as pandemic hits tourism
Interview
Bridgestone to sell off noncore US unit as red ink looms
Firestone Building Products lacks synergy for faltering tire giant, CEO says
Companies
Hitachi Zosen eyes Asian subway demand for its boring machines
Japanese tunnel excavator hopes high-tech service can help it top Chinese rivals
Economy
China and India infrastructure construction paves way out of crisis
Governments look to buoy COVID-hit economies, setting builders on recovery path
Transportation
Chinese contractor to build subway for 'Manila's Wall Street'
$1.2bn deal comes as Philippines says it needs Bejing's cash despite US pressure
Natural disasters
China on highest flood alert as 38m people evacuated
Early torrential rains raise fears that Three Gorges Dam might overflow
Economy
Developing Asia to lose up to half of foreign direct investment: UN
Pandemic pushes multinationals to restructure or reshore operations
Construction
Hostile takeover leads to new chief at Japan road builder
Maeda Road names parent company veteran Imaizumi as president
Coronavirus
Japan's retailers and manufacturers hunker down for longer closures
Business restarts by some risk undermining containment effort
