Asian shares rose on Tuesday, with Japanese stocks hitting a 30-year high, as investor risk was encouraged by a Brexit trade deal and hopes a long-awaited U.S. pandemic relief package will be expanded …
Japan virus outbreaks, scandals sap public support for Suga
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga came to office on a wave of popularity, pledging to combat the coronavirus and fix Japan’s languishing economy …
Japan’s Nikkei at 30-year high after Trump OKs stimulus
World stocks rose Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark hitting a 30-year high after President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion economic aid package. Wall Street set fresh records …
Sri Lanka to scrap Japan-funded infrastructure projects
Sri Lanka’s reputation is taking a hit after its year-old government says it wants to pull the plug on two multimillion dollar infrastructure projects funded by Japan and guaranteed by its predecessor …
Asian shares jump on U.S. stimulus, Japan’s Nikkei at 29-year high
Asian shares jumped on Tuesday, with Japanese stocks hitting a 29-year high, as hopes that a long-awaited U.S. pandemic relief package would be expanded and a Brexit trade deal supported investor risk …
U.S. Forces Japan Begins First Wave of COVID-19 Vaccinations
The United States military has begun its first wave of COVID-19 vaccinations in Japan, prioritising frontline medical workers. Inoculations began on Monday at the Yokota Air Base, Lt. Stuart Thrift …
Japan to build wooden satellites to cut space junk
A major Japanese company and Kyoto University have joined forces to build what they hope will be the world’s first satellites made out of wood.Sumitomo Forestry said it has started research on tree …
Kuwait’s Nov. crude oil exports to Japan down 20.1 Pct
Kuwait’s crude oil exports to Japan in November declined 20.1 percent from a year earlier to 6.26 million barrels, or 209,000 barrels per day (bpd), for the eighth consecutive monthly drop, government …
As Asia embraces a zero-carbon future, Hong Kong must make a niche as a green finance hub
Trillions will be needed for China, Japan and South Korea, not to mention other Asian economies, to achieve carbon neutrality, Hong Kong’s financial sector has a critical role in helping to raise …
Coronavirus: Malaysia, Philippines extends restrictions; Indonesia, Japan curb travel to contain new strain
Asian governments have moved to tighten movement and travel restrictions to contain the threat of the new, potentially more contagious strain of coronavirus. Meanwhile, three cases of the variant that …