Economy

Workers produce face masks at a Turkish manufacturer's facility in Istanbul. Exports surged in 2021 as multinational companies turned to the country amid supply chain bottlenecks.
Economy

Turkey posts G-20 topping 11% growth in 2021 as exports surge

Country benefits from supply-chain realignment, despite runaway inflation

28 February 2022
Ukraine Central Bank Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko is asking Visa and Mastercard to halt transactions of their credit cards issued in Russia to add further pressure to Putin's regime. 
Interview

Ukraine urges Visa and MasterCard to halt Russian cards

Asia should follow sanctions set by U.S. and Europe, central bank chief says

28 February 2022
A screen displays a warning message in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish that appeared on the official website of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry after a massive cyberattack on Jan 14: Ukraine has already been a target for years now.
27 February 2022
The gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 near Lubmin, Germany, pictured on Jan 7: the new pipeline may stand empty.
Opinion

Vital energy revenues are the chink in Putin's armor

Ukraine conflict will have severe repercussions for Moscow

25 February 2022
ASEAN is caught between Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Opinions within the block vary, but the conflict's effects will be felt by all. (Source photos by AP)
Ukraine war

ASEAN faces fallout from Russian invasion of Ukraine

Conflict to increase food prices, experts warn; responses from bloc members vary

25 February 2022
Demonstrators hurl stones at riot police during a protest against the $500 million U.S infrastructure grant in Kathmandu on Feb. 20.
International relations

U.S. grant to Nepal swept up in superpower rivalry with China

Kathmandu in turmoil as Beijing turns 'coercion' accusation back on Washington

24 February 2022
Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the U.K.'s secretary for international trade, speaks with Nikkei on Feb. 24.
Interview

U.K. eyes 'high-tech areas' to penalize Russia over Ukraine

Trade secretary Trevelyan sees energy export 'chance' after Nord Stream 2 halted

24 February 2022
A primary school in Wuhan, China. The average cost of raising a child to the age of 18 in China in 2019 stood at 485,000 yuan ($76,629) for a first child, 6.9 times country's per capita GDP that year.
Economy

China's child-rearing costs far outstrip U.S. and Japan: research

Only South Korea ranked higher among the 13 countries included in the study

23 February 2022
Europe's 6 billion-euro ($6.8 billion) satellite communications plan will cover Africa.
Belt and Road

EU spurs African telecom development to win back clout from China

Brussels seeks to mix economic aid with democracy and free speech

21 February 2022
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks in Paris on Jan. 28.
Interview

France slams China's attempts to 'break the status quo' on Taiwan

Foreign minister Le Drian keen to deepen trade ties with Taipei

20 February 2022
Drivers have parked their trucks blocking lanes of traffic to protest against COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Ottawa on Feb. 12: Justin Trudeau took the extraordinary step of invoking the Emergencies Act.
Opinion

What Mahatma Gandhi can teach Canada about civil disobedience

Ottawa truck protests allow Indians a moment of schadenfreude

18 February 2022
A bank clerk counts dollar banknotes next to stack of 100 yuan notes at a bank outlet in Haian: China faces some difficult choices because it does not have true monetary independence.
Opinion

China's dangerous dollar addiction should worry Asia

Concerns behind Xi Jinping's Davos speech are becoming clearer

16 February 2022
Men hold weapons during a basic combat training for civilians in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine war

Ukraine conflict risks market fallout worse than Cuban missile crisis

Central banks fight inflation stoked by tensions, but overkill would prompt recession

15 February 2022
The north view of the Manhattan skyline in New York, where the equity and housing markets are experiencing bubble-like conditions as in much of the U.S.
Interview

U.S. housing-market bubble could burst this year: AEI's Lachman

Emerging economies need to brace for slower growth in both U.S. and China

15 February 2022
A wheat field in the Stavropol region of Russia, the world's top exporter of the grain.
Ukraine war

Ukraine crisis sends grain prices soaring, threatens food security

Wheat and corn costs approach levels seen during Arab Spring unrest

12 February 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework as an alternative to CPTPP. 
Trade

U.S. to host APEC in 2023 in push for Indo-Pacific economic pact

Washington keen to lead rule-setting for trade and tech in Asia

11 February 2022
Higher energy prices are feeding through to the cost of other commodities, such as aluminum and grain. (Source photos by AP and Reuters) 
Commodities

Global commodity prices soar 50%, fastest pace in 27 years

Fears grow inflation could become source of political instability worldwide

10 February 2022
Rahm Emanuel says President Joe Biden is trying to reaffirm some of the U.S.'s economic relations that Donald Trump had deemphasized. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama)
Interview

Rahm Emanuel emphasizes importance of U.S. being in Asia

Dropping of steel tariff 'sends unambiguous message to China,' envoy says

8 February 2022
Japanese steel exports to America fell to around 720,000 tons in 2020 from around 1.73 million tons in 2017.
Trade

U.S. rolls back Trump-era tariff on Japanese steel

Duty on aluminum to remain in place under new agreement

8 February 2022
A display at the Semicon China trade fair in Shanghai. China's exports of high-tech products like semiconductors have risen as its economy has grown.
Supply Chain

Weak supply chain link: Japan reliant on Chinese phones, laptops

Goods from China account for more than Germany or U.S.: report

6 February 2022
An advertisement of Bitcoin in Hong Kong, pictured in November 2021: cryptocurrencies exist in a largely unregulated environment.
Opinion

Cryptocurrencies remain a gamble best avoided

Better regulation needed to protect investors and deter criminal abuse

5 February 2022
Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati believes the country's inflation rate will reach its peak in April. (Photo by Momoko Kidera) 
Interview

Turkish finance minister expects inflation to peak in April

Nureddin Nebati tells Nikkei he is confident the lira will stabilize in 2022

3 February 2022
A man uses Meta's Oculus VR headset and a touch controller: existing legal principles should be applied to the metaverse.
Opinion

A better way to regulate the metaverse

Virtual universe of the future should be managed just like our physical world

2 February 2022
The EU launched a challenge at the WTO on Thursday accusing China of discriminatory trade practices against Lithuania that it says threaten the integrity of the single market.
Trade

Australia to seek part in China-EU trade row at WTO

Canberra 'opposes use of economic coercion' and 'discriminatory' trade practices

29 January 2022
As of Thursday evening in New York, ahead of the new Asian market open, the dollar index stood at 97.25, up 1.3% in 24 hours to its highest figure since July 2020.
Markets

U.S. dollar surge sets up new bout of global market volatility

Traders send currency to 18-month high after Fed's hawkish comments

28 January 2022