International relations
Wartime labor ruling furthers South Korea's push for penance
Tokyo-Seoul rift widens as second Japanese company ordered to pay damages
Materials
Companies
Samsung supplier indicted in leak of OLED tech to China
Recipient seen to be BOE, a key partner of smartphone rival Huawei
Business trends
Vegetable factories sprout back to life in Japan
Steady demand from convenience stores spells higher profits and lower risk
Companies
SK Innovation invests $2.5bn to realize EV battery ambition
South Korean refiner seeks to hedge oil risk with electric vehicle play
Business trends
Solid-state batteries ready to debut in home appliances
TDK reduces the devices to fingertip-size, with the ability to recharge 1,000 times
Business trends
Corporate Japan's net profits to inch up 1% in sharp slowdown
Fiscal 2018 growth will be much smaller than 34% jump of fiscal 2017
International relations
Japan-South Korea spat spills over to shipbuilding subsidies
New flash point emerges as Tokyo prepares WTO suit
Companies
Tata Steel piles up record debt as acquisitions are back on radar
After Bhushan Steel's takeover, company's debt reaches $15 billion
Companies
Siam Cement to acquire 29% stake in Indonesia's home products king
Move will build on group's presence in country's retail construction sector
