Currencies
Top Japan banks and BOJ to begin trials of digital yen next year
Central bank to launch two-year pilot program to test transactions
Spotlight
Podcast
Asia Stream: Asia's 'Scamdemic' -- The Age of Internet Predators
Inside the online scamming industry that's exploded in Southeast Asia since the pandemic began
Technology
Huge Foxconn iPhone plant in China rocked by new worker unrest
Bonus delay, food shortages rile Zhengzhou staff already angered by COVID rules
Opinion
Climate change not only reason for Pakistan's flooding toll
Political parties' failure to empower local authorities left millions helpless
The Nikkei View
North Korean threat deepens with new ICBM
U.S., Japan and South Korea must bolster deterrence by sharing information
Myanmar Crisis
Foreign companies in Myanmar bide their time with eye on long view
Toyota makes just one or two trucks a day at its new assembly plant
Economy
Singapore sees 2023 GDP growth as low as 0.5% as exports slump
City-state trims Q3 figure for this year, expects 'around 3.5%' expansion in 2022
Comment
Isolated North Korea struggles to throw off Chinese yoke
Pyongyang eager to conduct nuclear test but risks offending Beijing
The Big Story
Inside the Trilateral Commission: Power elites grapple with China's rise
Enigmatic group linking Asia, the U.S. and Europe opens up on eve of 50th anniversary
Opinion
Foreign rescue no solution to decline at Nissan and Toshiba
Damaged corporate cultures cannot be revived by top-down command
Interview
FTX Japan executive sees user funds safe from parent's bankruptcy
Returning customer assets is 'top priority,' Seth Melamed says
China tech
China widens market share in EVs, dozen other high-tech fields
Chinese companies lead in 15 categories, second only to Americans
Coronavirus
Japan approves its first homemade oral COVID drug
Shionogi's Xocova to be used on patients with mild symptoms
Society
Japanese man arrested on charge of taking online job tests for others
College students allegedly paid suspect to take recruitment exams
Opinion
Southeast Asian leaders prove to be perfect summit hosts
Deft leadership calmed international tensions, especially between U.S. and China
DealStreetAsia
IFC looks to invest $320m in three Vietnamese banks
International lender has been operating in country since 1997
Hong Kong security law
Six ex-Apple Daily staff plead guilty to collusion in Hong Kong
Pro-democracy paper executives charged with conspiracy in national security case
Sports
FIFA threat makes World Cup teams abandon 'One Love' armbands
Players wearing anti-discrimination symbol would be shown yellow cards
Asia Insight
Japan builds case to dissolve scandal-hit Unification Church
Victims speak up as government probe gets under way
Energy
Japan utility seeks huge ammonia carriers to reduce coal use
JERA partners with shipping companies to build transport network for cleaner fuel
