Electronics

A freeway sits almost empty in downtown Los Angeles, after California's Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an unprecedented statewide "stay at home order" directing the state's 40 million residents to hunker down in their homes for the foreseeable future during the global outbreak of coronavirus disease, in California, U.S., on March 20, 2020.
Coronavirus: Free to read

Coronavirus: Week of Mar. 15 to Mar. 21, New York orders millions to stay indoors

Mainland China reports zero new local cases for 3rd day; worldwide total surges

21 March 2020
Expanding testing capacity has been a challenge as countries fight against the coronavirus.
Coronavirus

Team Japan develops 10-minute coronavirus test

Trials underway for system from Nagasaki University and Canon unit

20 March 2020
Outsourcing services represent a major growth driver for Indian software exporters.
Nikkei Markets

Accenture earnings raise hopes for Indian software exporters

Outsourcing group's revised outlook 'encouraging' for sector amid virus concerns

20 March 2020
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20 March 2020
Korean Air Lines Chairman Cho Won-tae is fighting for his company's and his own future. (Source photo by Reuters)
Business Spotlight

Korean Air's family feud opens door to activist challenge

Coronavirus pushes debt-strapped airline to brink as 'nut rage' sister eyes comeback

20 March 2020
Kioxia, the world's second-largest maker for NAND flash memory, turned in a $1.6 billion loss in the previous fiscal year.
Companies

Toshiba's $9bn payout on Kioxia at risk from volatility outbreak

Eyes on whether Bain and other holders call for delaying IPO

20 March 2020
A Samsung smartphone plant in Bac Ninh Province in northern Vietnam. The South Korean company operates two huge smartphone factories in the Southeast Asian country. (Photo by Tomoya Onishi)
Companies

Samsung Galaxy faces delays on Vietnam entry limit

Company's focused investment in Southeast Asian nation backfires

20 March 2020
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19 March 2020
Major PC makers are rethinking their decisions to keep much of their production in China. 
Technology

PC makers scramble to capitalize on coronavirus-boosted demand

Disrupted production forces Asustek and others to rethink China supply chains

19 March 2020
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18 March 2020
Samsung moved its annual shareholders meeting from southern Seoul to Suwon due to coronavirus concerns.
Companies

Samsung confirms aggressive investment despite coronavirus

Tech giant confident it can take on TSMC and Apple in chips and smartphones

18 March 2020
Beijing has thrown billions of dollars at its chip industry, and created a nascent boom that not even a global pandemic could deflate. (Illustration by Nikkei)
The Big Story

How China's chip industry defied the coronavirus lockdown

Beijing bent Wuhan quarantine rules in a high-stakes bid for tech self-sufficiency

18 March 2020
ASML is the only commercial producer of cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment. (Photo courtesy of ASML)
Technology

Rise of TSMC gives windfall to Dutch chipmaking equipment giant

Sales to Taiwan triple as US-China trade war alters supply chains

18 March 2020
Huawei Technologies has been hit hard both by U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Yusuke Hinata)
Telecommunication

Coronavirus to slash global smartphone shipments by 10%

Samsung, Huawei and Apple face sales squeeze and supply woes

18 March 2020
A Sharp ad  in Tokyo. The Japan-based company may spin off its operations for smaller LCDs used in such devices as smartphones.
Technology

Sharp eyes spinoff and listing of LCD unit

Proceeds would be used to invest in next-generation screen technology, chief says

17 March 2020
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Nikkei Markets

Asian stocks slump again as pandemic worsens amid rising deaths

Coronavirus fears eclipse Fed's second emergency rate cut

16 March 2020
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Nikkei Markets

Hong Kong shares slide as steep US rate cut sparks worries

Shanghai Composite sees worst day of March after disappointing data

16 March 2020
A TSMC plant in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. The chipmaker is also preparing another plant in the city but is considering the U.S. as a location to produce 2-nanometer chips. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
Technology

TSMC weighs new US plant to respond to Trump pressure

Taiwan chipmaker faces scrutiny from Washington over security concerns

16 March 2020
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16 March 2020
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda spoke to reporters last week after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about the central bank's coronavirus response. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
Your Week in Asia

G-7 video summit, BOJ meeting and China economic data

Your weekly roundup of Asia's biggest business and political news

16 March 2020
Trump has ramped up the global blame game.
Opinion

Three reasons Asia should fear Trump's coronavirus fiasco

His incompetence and vitriol will have economic consequences for China and region

16 March 2020
Japanese who rent out spare rooms or apartments are having trouble making ends meet and might not be able to stick it out until the Tokyo Olympics and an expected bonanza that is now in doubt. (Source photos by Nikkei)
Travel & Leisure

Coronavirus and Olympic doubt threaten Japan's Airbnb business

Pain in $1bn minpaku industry portends economywide trouble

15 March 2020
Workers assemble cars on an assembly line in the Proton manufacturing plant in Malaysia. 
Nikkei Markets

Malaysia's January industrial production growth lags view

Economists flag sluggish growth ahead as coronavirus mars business prospects

14 March 2020
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Nikkei Markets

Asian stocks decline as Fed, ECB steps fail to mitigate worries over pandemic

South Korean carmakers, shipbuilders among top losers on A300 index

14 March 2020
One of South Korea's drive-thru testing centers: Asian countries have taken dramatically different approaches to screening for the coronavirus.
Coronavirus

Coronavirus testing gaps put Asian governments under microscope

Fear of overwhelming health systems prevents wider screening outside South Korea

13 March 2020