Food & Beverage
Ramen rethink: COVID-19 pushes Japan eateries to innovate
Sushi chain creates ingenious broth to draw takeout customers for noodle dishes
Travel & Leisure
Travel & Leisure
Minor International to reopen 90% of its hotels by September
Thai chain in $793m capital drive to bolster balance sheet amid pandemic
Companies
Thai companies cut dividends to save cash in pandemic
Central Retail and Minor International ask shareholders to skip payouts
Travel & Leisure
Japan's domestic travel campaign gets off to rocky start
Plane and train demand nose-dives for holiday weekend while hotels woo locals
Travel & Leisure
Japan aims to ease travel bans with China, South Korea and Taiwan
Abe also signals entry consideration for athletes and others for Tokyo Olympics
The Big Story
Olympics postponement leaves Tokyo 2020 sponsors in the dark
Uncertainty over how or if the games will be held leaves partners in limbo
Asia Insight
Japan's Go To Travel plan spurs fears of 'man-made' COVID disaster
As Thailand and Taiwan seek to boost tourism, Tokyo residents barred from scheme
Business trends
Japan 'glamping' resort delivers barbecue without the virus risk
New service from Rakuten and Tokyu uses unmanned vehicles to minimize contact
Arts
Bangkok cinema's golden age ends as curtain falls on Scala
Demise of famed theater leaves new generation of independent movie houses
Travel & Leisure
Diamond Princess steals wind from Japan cruise sector's sails
Regulators and operators have yet to agree on safety standards
Caixin
Package tours resume in China after nearly six months
Pandemic has been under control since March but tourism's 'reality is still grim'
Travel & Leisure
Japan's domestic-travel campaign blasted as Tokyo outbreak swells
Politicians and businesses fear rise in tourism will spread coronavirus infections
Food & Beverage
Thai fast-food chain operator to open 100 'cloud kitchens' by 2024
Central Restaurants aims to take large slice of $1.1bn food delivery market
Travel & Leisure
SoftBank-backed Oyo to merge Japan hotel and residential units
Hotel startup to rationalize businesses in wake of coronavirus pandemic
Business trends
Japanese companies use 'live commerce' to sell into China
With travel restricted, retailers find new way to target big-spending Chinese
Business trends
Nike, Yonex and sporting good peers prep for post-COVID-19 world
Makers brace for storm of pent-up demand with new products and online sales
International relations
Maldives tests waters by opening resorts to COVID-weary tourists
No quarantine and free 30-day visas to greet visitors from July 15
Business trends
Business failures in Japan hit monthly high of 780 in June
Coronavirus proves especially detrimental to travel and restaurant industries
International relations
Japan looks to reopen business travel with 10 more Asian economies
China, South Korea and Singapore among candidates for new air bridges
Transportation
AirAsia will rebound to profit in a year, vows CEO Tony Fernandes
Discount airline needs to raise $470m in next 6 months to be 'very comfortable'
