Startups
Philippine home services company GoodWork raises $1.6m
Home repair to pedicure platform to expand in Southeast Asia
Startups
SoftBank
Jack Ma leaves SoftBank board after 13 years
Independent directors named as CEO Son tries to boost confidence after big loss
Travel & Leisure
Coronavirus presents existential threat to Japan's hotels
Analyst said long-term support needed for small businesses which are on 'edge of a cliff'
Business trends
Tokyo university startup develops coronavirus-catching fabric
Zetta touts reusable nanofber materal to ease mask shortage
Startups
South Korea's Smilegate leads funding round for Vietnam's Sapo
Multichannel sales startup looks to grow Southeast Asian operations
Startups
Australia fintech startup Verteva raises $21.4m from NZ's Bolton
Funding earmarked for new markets and business expansion in home lending
Companies
Luckin Coffee fires top executives over fraud scandal
Sackings come after investor flight from coffee chain
Startups
Singapore quantum computing startup Entropica Labs raises $1.8m
Fresh funding earmarked for software targeting enterprise customers
Startups
Egypt-born minibus-share Swvl to debut in Southeast Asia
Startup takes on Grab and Gojek in Indonesia, Philippines and Bangladesh
Startups
Indonesian mobile POS startup Cashlez raises $5.8 million in IPO
Company plans to purchase IT solution provider with smart card technology
Startups
Startups in Tokyo abandon offices amid coronavirus upheaval
Companies that can get out of their leases discover a new cost-cutting measure
Finance
No bitterness: Chinese company raises $500m in US despite Luckin
Market welcomes Xiaomi-backed Kingsoft Cloud, but Sen. Rubio tweets objection
Startups
Vietnamese e-commerce company Leflair files for bankruptcy
Liquidator to be appointed; co-founders recently joined fashion retailer Maison
Education
Singapore e-learning platform moves into the home -- and abroad
Coronavirus pandemic opens new markets for KooBits' ProblemSums math program
Aerospace & Defense
Coronavirus shackles Japan's space startups with another crisis
Japanese and Singaporeans refuse to surrender their 'highly strategic' ambitions
Coronavirus
Startup targets Japan's intensive care capacity as coronavirus hits
Online support addresses demand for specialized doctors at smaller hospitals
Business trends
AI redraws Japan's labor-intensive anime industry
Machine learning enables 8K image processing and fast manga translation
Startups
Japanese startups focus on fertility issues to help retain female staff
With government commitment, companies keen to offer such support to women
Startups
Singapore health tech mClinica to raise $20m as coronavirus spurs growth
Startup forms supply chains linking makers to wholesalers, retailers in Indonesia, Philippines