Economy

Facial recognition technology is displayed at the 2019 Digital China Exhibition in Fuzhou, China: Dual-use technologies have prompted renewed debate about the ethical use of technology.
Opinion

Tech standard setting cannot be left to companies or lone nations

International effort needed to build digital norms around democratic values

9 February 2023
The Ever Forward container ship in the Chesapeake Bay off the U.S. state of Maryland. Trade between China and the U.S. rose to a record even as tariffs imposed by the Trump administration mostly remain. 
Trade

U.S.-China trade hit record in 2022 despite tensions

Robust cross-border flows run counter to talk of 'decoupling'

7 February 2023
Rescue workers search through rubble in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on Feb. 6. Countries around the world, many of them in Asia, have pledged to send assistance.
Natural disasters

Turkey earthquake prompts outpouring of aid from Asia-Pacific

Governments across region pledge rescue teams, search dogs, medical supplies

7 February 2023
Syrian civilians and emergency personnel conduct search and rescue operations in the rubble of a collapsed building in Harem, Syria on Feb. 6.
Natural disasters

In pictures: Devastation in Turkey and Syria

Massive earthquake shatters towns and lives across two countries

7 February 2023
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, U.S. tech giants rapidly expanded their workforces in anticipation of rising demand, but many are now retrenching to correct overstaffing. 
Datawatch

Mass layoffs at U.S. tech giants help startups secure IT talent

Job cuts in sector rose 13-fold in 2022 but few had trouble finding new work

5 February 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, center, during his trip to the United Arab Emirates on Jan. 15, with South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. (Courtesy of UAE presidential court/Reuters)
International relations

Yoon pursues commercial diplomacy as South Korea's top salesman

President spearheads drive to export more nuclear power facilities and arms

4 February 2023
A woman holds a saucer and a bowl while her grandson looks on in Colombo in August 2022: Appropriate debt relief would give Sri Lanka fiscal space to provide social assistance.
Opinion

G-7 must lead the way in relieving poor nations' debt distress

Under Japan's leadership, group can stop crisis becoming human rights catastrophe

1 February 2023
The U.S. government identified 39 online markets and 33 physical markets that reportedly engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy.
1 February 2023
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes part in an interview on Jan. 31 in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Interview

Greek PM slams Turkey for 'sitting on the fence' over Ukraine war

Mitsotakis aims to tap Japan, India for investment after 'turning page' on debt

31 January 2023
French Trade Minister Olivier Becht says Japanese companies will benefit economically by investing in France. (Photo courtesy of French Foreign Ministry)
Interview

France looks to ASEAN for non-China supply chain: trade minister

Diversification of production necessary to reduce dependence on China, says Becht

27 January 2023
A container port in Cape Town Docks, South Africa. Trade between Africa and China surged to a record high in 2022.
Trade

China-Africa trade soars on spike in commodity prices

Two-way commerce dwarfs that between U.S. and continent

27 January 2023
The U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework was launched in May. Working-level negotiations began at the end of last year.
Interview

U.S. to aggressively push for digital trade rules in Asia in 2023

USTR deputy Sarah Bianchi touts 'very ambitious schedule' for negotiations

24 January 2023
As relations between Berlin and Beijing fray, the German city of Duisburg is getting less freight train traffic from China.
Asia Insight

China Belt and Road dreams fade in Germany's industrial heartland

Geopolitical tensions derail Duisburg's hopes of trade bonanza

24 January 2023
OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann speaks to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on Jan. 23. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) 
Interview

OECD chief 'bit more optimistic' on upward swing in global growth

Mathias Cormann says multilateral pact on digital taxation would also benefit U.S.

23 January 2023
The lunchroom at an accommodation center for refugees inside Berlin's old Tegel airport in November: Germany's housing shortage is preventing many arrivals from starting their new lives.
Inflation

Germany's housing crisis locks Afghan and other refugees in limbo

Newcomers seeking better lives 'feel like prisoners living in a box'

23 January 2023
Acting Afghan Mines and Petroleum Minister Shahabuddin Delawar, left, exchanges documents with a CAPEIC representative at the oil extraction deal's signing ceremony in Kabul on Jan. 5.
International relations

Taliban build ties to U.S. rivals with new China oil deal

Isolated government taps resource riches to connect with outside world

19 January 2023
China's Vice Premier Liu He addresses the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17. 
Davos 2023

Davos: China's Liu He entices investment amid historic slow growth

Vice premier says country 'absolutely not' heading back to planned economy

18 January 2023
From left: U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The power of developing countries that do not fully join the West or East camps is growing. (Nikkei montage/Getty Images/Reuters)
International relations

Collective power of developing nations creating multipolar world

Will this emerging bloc ease global tensions or deepen existing animosities?

16 January 2023
The resumption of a large-scale, face-to-face congregation, where thousands convene from over 130 countries and regions, in its traditional January slot signals a return to normalcy, after the world was hit by the COVID pandemic.
Davos 2023

Davos returns to normal form for 1st time since COVID

South Korean and Philippine leaders to attend, China to send Liu He

16 January 2023
A fight is brewing in the U.S. Congress over the debt ceiling, a limit on how much of money the federal government can borrow.
Interview

U.S. debt ceiling crisis risk highest since 2011: ex-Obama adviser

Recession or higher inflation likely to hit country this year, says Jason Furman

14 January 2023
South Korea, China and Japan all saw drops in their foreign exchange reserves last year as the dollar strengthened.
Currencies

Global foreign reserves dwindle as countries counter dollar's rise

Japan's holdings sink 13%, sharpest on record; China falls short of IMF benchmark

12 January 2023
The economic crisis in Pakistan likely prompted army chief Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir to directly ask wealthy Saudi Arabia and the UAE for new monetary assistance. (Nikkei montage/AP)
International relations

Pakistan army chief assumes loan diplomacy role amid forex crisis

Munir's Saudi Arabia, UAE trips likely timed to avert Islamabad debt default

11 January 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi discussed the proposed trade corridor in July 2022.
International relations

Russia and Iran eye trade route with India to bypass sanctions

Project, two decades in the making, would bypass Europe as tensions mount

11 January 2023
Former U.K. chancellor Philip Hammond: "The best strategy for the U.K. now is to try to realize the opportunities that are now available that would not have been available if we were members of the European Union."
Economy

Harsh winter could tip Europe over knife edge: ex-U.K. chancellor Hammond

Rapid China reopening may provide 'upside opportunity' for exports, he says

9 January 2023
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser sees the U.S. economy going into recession in the second half of 2023.
Economy

U.S. Fed to raise rates near 5.5% by May, predicts Citigroup CEO

Fraser expects 2023 recession but considers financial system more stable

9 January 2023