Economy

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of their meeting in New Delhi on Dec. 6. 2021.
Comment

India attempts to diversify energy sources with cheap Russian oil

Despite Western pressure, New Delhi says more imports from Moscow are best for nation

29 August 2022
Bangladesh, where consumers are feeling the pain at the pump, is looking for cheaper fuel options. (Photo by Shahru Nayef)
International relations

Bangladesh eyes cheap Russian fuel oil to lower import bills

Dhaka wary of antagonizing West but desperate to ease inflation, forex pressure

27 August 2022
People attend an exhibition displaying destroyed Russian military vehicles in central Kyiv.
22 August 2022
China launched a bank settlement network as an alternative to SWIFT in 2015.
Currencies

China and Russia step up bid to challenge U.S. dollar's dominance

Moscow pushes BRICS reserve currency plan while Beijing expands yuan network

17 August 2022
An oil platform at the Kravtsovskoye oilfield in the Baltic Sea, Russia, in September 2021: China and India helped prevent a major squeeze on global supplies and took some heat out of price pressures.
Opinion

China and India should reject West's Russia oil-price cap plan

Latest sanction effort likely to backfire and cause market turmoil

1 August 2022
Imports of Russian palladium have plunged as more companies look for other suppliers.
Ukraine war

Battery makers seek price hikes on lack of Russia rare metals

Ukraine war disruption pushes lithium, titanium, palladium to new highs

18 July 2022
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati delivers a speech during the G-20 Finance Ministers' Meeting in Bali on July 15.
International relations

G-20 finance chiefs fail to reach consensus on global inflation

Indonesia gives up on wringing out joint communique from premier economic bloc

16 July 2022
Russia's Anton Siluanov, left, the U.S.'s Janet Yellen, Indonesia's Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Japan's Shunichi Suzuki and others have a wide divide to bridge if the G-20 is to help solve the world's food shortages and price increases. (Source photos by Reuters)
International relations

G-20 finance chiefs meet in Bali as Ukraine war tests unity

U.S.'s Yellen scolds Russian peers for 'their continued support of Putin regime'

15 July 2022
Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Kyiv last month shortly before a trip to Moscow.
International relations

Indonesia's Jokowi set to visit Japan this month

China and South Korea trips also in the works as Ukraine conflict hangs over G-20

14 July 2022
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi delivers her opening speech during the G-20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bali.
International relations

G-20 ministers debate food, energy prices as global divide worsens

Russia's invasion of Ukraine casts pall over international cooperation

8 July 2022
Xi Jinping hosts the 14th BRICS summit via video link in Beijing on June 23: Countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran and Argentina have expressed interest in joining the club of five.
Opinion

Ukraine war divides Western alliance from the Global South

BRICS nations have long aspired to a new world order

8 July 2022
Foreign ministers of the Group of 20 major economies will discuss global issues face-to-face in Bali, meeting for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Nikkei montage/Reuters)
International relations

G-20 foreign ministers gather in Bali amid Ukraine war, inflation

U.S.-China, other meetings on sidelines; Russia's Lavrov expected to attend

7 July 2022
Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Kyiv and Moscow amid pressure from the public for relief from inflation and farmers for access to Russian fertilizer, as well as the threat of a boycott of the G-20 summit in November. (Nikkei montage/Reuters/Getty Images) 
Ukraine war

Indomie diplomacy: How inflation drove Jokowi to Kyiv and Moscow

From noodles to palm oil, high prices raise stakes of diplomacy for G-20 chair

5 July 2022
A Sakhalin Energy employee at the Sakhalin-2 gas liquefaction plant in Russia's Far East. Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co. could be forced to sell their stakes in Sakhalin Energy.
Energy

Russia move on Sakhalin-2 thrusts Japan into an energy dilemma

Loss of 10% of LNG imports would worsen summer power crunch

2 July 2022
Liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin-2 project is loaded onto a tanker in the Russian port of Prigorodnoye last October.
International relations

Russia transfers Sakhalin-2 to new operator without compensation

Putin move raises fears Japan's Mitsui, Mitsubishi may be excluded from new deal

1 July 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during a joint news conference following their meeting in Moscow.
Ukraine war

Jokowi says Putin agrees to sea route for Ukraine wheat exports

Indonesian president to 'bridge communications' between Kremlin and Zelenskyy

1 July 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv for their bilateral meeting on June 29. (Photo courtesy of Indonesian Presidential Palace)
Ukraine war

Indonesia's Jokowi offers to broker peace in meeting with Zelenskyy

G-20 president is Asia's first leader to visit Kyiv and Moscow since war began

30 June 2022
Rescuers work at the site of a Ukrainian mall in the Poltava region on June 28 after the shopping center was hit by a Russian missile strike.
Ukraine war

U.S. accuses 5 firms in China of supporting Russia's military

Washington also adds companies from Singapore, Vietnam to trade blacklist

29 June 2022
Following an export ban on their harvests, palm oil farmers in Indonesia are now threatened by a lack of fertilizer.
Economy

Indonesian palm oil farmers see a bleak future

Russia was large source of fertilizer; now prices are skyrocketing

25 June 2022
A Chinese vessel sits near oil tanks at a refinery in Dalian, China.
Energy

China's oil imports led by Russia for first time since Ukraine war

Shipments grew 55% in May as Western sanctions depressed demand

22 June 2022
A man bakes at Home of Bread in Bucha, Ukraine. (Photo by Eiji Furukawa)
Ukraine war

How bakeries sustain Ukraine: 'devotion to bread is in our DNA'

The staff of life fuels resistance to Russia amid missile strikes, occupation

7 June 2022
An tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas from Russia's Sakhalin-2 project arrives at a Japanese terminal.
Ukraine war

Russian parliament leader calls on Japan to give up Sakhalin-2 stake

Lawmaker says interests should be sold to Gazprom or 'friendly nation'

26 May 2022
A soldier takes part in a training exercise in Ukraine. Ukrainian troops are fighting to regain control of the southern part of the country from Russia.
Interview

'Time running out' to save Kherson from becoming Russian

Southern Ukrainian city faces economic battle for its future, mayor says

24 May 2022
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks with Nikkei in an exclusive interview on May 20. (Photo by Takashi Nakano)
Interview

Singapore to join Biden Indo-Pacific pact, back China's CPTPP entry: Lee

Prime minister stresses need to 'maintain a balance' in exclusive interview

23 May 2022
The G-20 must not allow its members to break up.
Opinion

G-20 must stick together to save the global economy

Cooperation requires mutual trust and respect

18 May 2022