East Asia

China bolsters pension fund as fears grow over 2035 doomsday

Beijing moves $76bn in state-owned shares to strengthen social security backbone

July 21, 2019 12:01 JST

Attention focused on performance of 'pro-constitutional revision forces'

July 21, 2019 07:03 JST

Data suggests companies offering minimum wage too inefficient to go higher

July 21, 2019 02:02 JST

Latest measures open up bond market in hopes of advancing US trade talks

July 21, 2019 00:49 JST

Weak demand, plant power outage and management crisis plague company

July 21, 2019 00:40 JST

Star's wounds said not to be life-threatening

July 20, 2019 23:31 JST

Territory's retail sales set to mark a double-digit decline in July-August

July 20, 2019 19:15 JST

Stake in Chinese tech giant won't stop generating cash

July 20, 2019 15:59 JST

Washington sets lofty goal of man on Mars, but can it pull off another lunar landing first?

July 20, 2019 15:26 JST

Captain Ryoko Azuma opened a crack in the male-dominated MSDF

July 20, 2019 15:23 JST