Greek residential property prices plunged by nearly half after the European debt crisis erupted. Now, foreign investors are expected to buoy the country's real estate market.
Business

Chinese zero in on Greek real estate

Invest-for-residency scheme attracts individuals from China

27 November 2017
A plant in Yokaichi, Mie Prefecture Japan. The world has managed to reduce the amount of CO2 emissions needed to boost economic growth.
Economy

Asia learns to run while exhaling less CO2

Growth appears to be 'decoupling' from greenhouse gas emissions

26 November 2017
The No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric's Takahama nuclear plant use MOX fuel.
Interview

French nuclear company New Areva pins hopes on reopening of Japanese reactors

CEO concerned over weak profit margins from low uranium prices

26 November 2017
At the University of Zurich on Nov. 13, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said he would watch the impact of low interest rates on financial institutions.
BOJ Watch

BOJ's Kuroda cites side effects of aggressive monetary easing

Four years after major policy shift, central bank chief mulls pros and cons

20 November 2017
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi holds a news conference following the governing council's interest rate decision at ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Oct. 26.
Economy

Hold prices stable or save the euro, the ECB must choose

Europe's central bank faces a conflict between its official mandate and politics

19 November 2017
Trade ministers and delegates from the remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit Nov. 9 in Danang, Vietnam.
Economy

Japan's big new trade deals still face tricky endgame

Domestic and foreign vested interests may hold up TPP, EU pacts

18 November 2017
Exports remain important for Japan's economy, but Tokyo has also sought safeguards for investment and intellectual property in trade deals.
Economy

While courting Trump, Japan casts net wider for trade deals

Tokyo has key agreements with EU, ASEAN in sight

15 November 2017
Negotiations leading up to the basic agreement in July included Cecilia Malmstrom, EU trade commissioner, and Fumio Kishida, Japan's foreign minister at the time.
Economy

Japan and EU clear way for trade pact by year's end

Both sides set aside investment dispute issue to reach goal

15 November 2017
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks to The Nikkei in Tokyo on Nov. 8. (Photo by Hiroyuki Kobayashi)
Economy

Lagarde sees China determined to move forward

IMF managing director suggests Japan lift consumption tax bit by bit

8 November 2017
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi before their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Nov. 7 2016
Economy

India's UK diaspora moves to leverage Brexit

Demands for relaxed immigration rules still could be a stumbling block

8 November 2017
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, appears at a press conference at the bank's headquarters in Frankfurt on Oct. 26.
Economy

The ECB shows it is committed to raising inflation

Despite the eurozone's booming economy, rising prices are a long way off

5 November 2017
A "Fuxing" high-speed bullet train on the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway at the Tianjin Railway Station in Tianjin, China, Aug. 21.
Company in focus

World's largest train maker China's CRRC on uphill climb post-merger

With plateauing revenues and profits, state-owned group seeks opportunities abroad

4 November 2017
Japanese banks are introducing mobile ATMs to supply cash to people in remote regions
Economy

Japan dabbles with mobile payments, but cash still king

Regular folks cling to cash, despite a government push for e-payments

27 October 2017
The Asia-Pacific billionaire's club already includes the likes of Jack Ma Yun, executive chairman of Alibaba Group.
Economy

Asia-Pacific overtakes US as home to most billionaires

Total wealth of the region's magnates surges 31% to $2tn

27 October 2017
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono told The Nikkei he hopes to have China and Russia work together more closely with Japan, the U.S. and South Korea on the North Korean threat.
Politics

Japan to propose dialogue with US, India and Australia

Foreign Minister Kono sees Japan playing key freedom of navigation role

26 October 2017
Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank
Economy

Crisis is just around the corner: Trichet

Ex-ECB chief cautions against heavy reliance on central banks, calls for structural reform

19 October 2017
An EDF employee stands in front of the construction site of the third-generation European Pressurised Water nuclear reactor (EPR) in Flamanville, France, November 16, 2016.
Economy

French nuclear giant EDF seeks business in Asia

China and India loom large for the world's largest nuclear power company

19 October 2017
Blockchain technology underpins the ICO ecosystem.
Economy

Initial coin offerings: investing's wild frontier

New -- and sometimes shady -- crowdfunding method has regulators scrambling to keep up

18 October 2017
BHP Billiton owns more than half of Chile's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine.
Economy

BHP sees shiny future for copper

Electric cars and economic growth bode well for miner's mainstay businesses

18 October 2017
A man looks out through the window from his apartment in Goyang, north of Seoul.
Economy

We may be sleepwalking into another financial crisis

Time to shine some light on side effects of easy money

16 October 2017
Hundreds of Rohingya people cross Bangladesh's border as they flee from ​Rakhine state after crossing the Naf River in Bangladesh. (Getty Images)
Economy

World Bank eyes redirecting Myanmar funds for Rohingya crisis

Bank to consider $270m for Rakhine response in wake of refugee exodus

13 October 2017
Tokyo scored high in the categories of accessibility and cultural interaction, in the Mori Memorial Foundation's Global Power City Index 2017.
Life

Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul among world's most 'magnetic' cities

Hong Kong also a top 10 metropolis in drawing creative types

12 October 2017
MSCI's Linda-Eling Lee speaks to the Nikkei Asian Review during an interview in Tokyo.
Finance

ESG factors mattering more in emerging market investments

MSCI's research head says governance is primary concern with Asian companies

12 October 2017
U.S. economist Richard Thaler, of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, speaks after winning the Nobel Prize on Oct. 9.
Economy

The Japanese poet who inspired Nobel economist Richard Thaler

University of Chicago scholar got 'nudge' at Mitsuo Aida Museum

12 October 2017