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The main determiners of Indonesia's presidential election on Feb. 14 will be millennials and Generation Z, who make up 60% of voters. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi)
Asia Insight

Indonesian election highlights young voters' employment concerns

Jokowi's successor faces reform challenge to create middle-class jobs

23 January 2024
Foreign investors purchased a net 955.7 billion yen ($6.46 billion) of Japanese stocks between Jan. 9 and 12, the largest amount since June, according to Tokyo Stock Exchange data. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Nanami Sato and Toshiki Sasazu)
Market Spotlight

Foreign traders, Chinese fuel Japan's market rally in new year

First-time investors to country entered with low-cost passive investments

22 January 2024
Last year's megafires in Canada produced as much carbon dioxide as three years of economic activity.
Datawatch

Global warming fuels extreme wildfires in a feedback loop

Blazes burn twice as much as 20 years ago; Canada lost an area half Japan's size in 2023

21 January 2024
Yamaha's push in India comes as children have had few opportunities until now to play musical instruments in public schools, where the emphasis is on academic studies. (Photo courtesy of Yamaha Corp.)
Business Spotlight

Yamaha taps school music lessons to score growth in India, Southeast Asia

World's top instrument maker offers recorders, classes in emerging markets as Japan sales slide

19 January 2024
From left, Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te, Chinese President Xi Jinping and KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih. Lai will need Hou's cooperation if Taiwan is to keep China at bay. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kento Awashima, Yusuke Hinata, and Reuters)
China up close

Analysis: In Taiwan, distrust of Xi Jinping's China is real

The sense of crisis is also shared by members of Beijing-friendly opposition parties

18 January 2024
Phuket's famous Patong Beach. Dubbed the Pearl of the Orient, the island is the jewel in Thailand's tourism crown thanks to its numerous beaches and clean air. (Photo by Dominic Faulder)
Business Spotlight

Phuket booms as wealthy Russians seek a new home

Residential sales skyrocket but bring traffic and infrastructure headaches

17 January 2024
Panasonic showcased its automobile solutions, including models of its signature cylindrical EV batteries, at the world's biggest technology trade show, CES, in the U.S. city of Las Vegas earlier this month. (Photo by Tsuyoshi Tamehiro)
The Big Story

Panasonic leads Japan's EV battery comeback plan with U.S. push

Subsidies are driving gigafactory plans. But sagging demand may yet prove skeptics right

17 January 2024
Fishermen return from short expeditions in Ibrahim Hyderi, in Karachi. Animosity between Pakistan and India, disputed maritime boundaries, and the effects of pollution and climate change are all factors behind the arrests of seafarers, experts say. (Photo by Jamaima Afridi)
Asia Insight

Pawns in border clash, India and Pakistan fishermen desperate for change

Hundreds who were arrested for trespassing released by Islamabad as politics shift

16 January 2024
Issuance of securities that promise investors the returns from non-performing loans in China rose 54% in 2023 from the previous year's level. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters) 
Market Spotlight

Chinese sales of bonds backed by bad bank loans hit new high

Flurry of issuance fails to reassure investors worried about credit quality

15 January 2024
Light pollution from massive constellations of low-altitude satellites could seriously affect astronomical observations.
Datawatch

Satellite glints grow in night skies

Low-altitude constellations may soon account for 10% of glow in some areas

13 January 2024
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who needs to demonstrate he is closing in on Taiwan unification if he is to be assured of a fourth term, is preparing to turn up the heat on the democratic island's next leader. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Xinhua/Kyodo and Hiroki Endo)
China up close

Analysis: Xi Jinping's ambition to unify Taiwan motivates military purges

As the island votes for its next president, Beijing prepares to apply more pressure

11 January 2024
Asia's three biggest economies, China, Japan and India, have taken diverging approaches to economic reform in recent years.
The Big Story

China's economic slowdown exposes reform gap with Japan and India

Tokyo and New Delhi's commitment to economic innovation pays off as Beijing's shine dims

10 January 2024
Taipei's Ximending shopping district: Young people, who were previously less politically active in Taiwan, hold the potential to swing the next election. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Asia Insight

Taiwan's young voters fret over material and existential issues

Demographic is larger than that of the elderly and may swing presidential poll

9 January 2024
With a population of 4 million, Johor has been trying to develop new areas of the economy over the past two decades. (Nikkei montage/Getty Images)
Market Spotlight

Johor projects push Malaysia's lesser-known stocks to new heights

Southern state's economic zone with Singapore boosts developers, tech companies

8 January 2024
The number of fraudulent business emails in the first half of 2023 increased 89% globally from the same period the previous year, according to Abnormal Security.
Datawatch

Generative AI contributes to increase in cybercrimes

Business-related fraud doubles as new technology makes crime more efficient

7 January 2024
Companies active in Asia are likely to make waves in a variety of sectors. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP, Reuters and Getty Images) 
Business Spotlight

Asia 2024: A dozen companies to watch as the year unfolds

Businesses worth following from semiconductors and EVs to nickel mines and arms

5 January 2024
From elections to currencies to climate change, 2024 will be a big year for Asia, and the world. (Illustration by Tania Vicedo)
The Big Story

Your predictions for Asia in 2024

Tech, trade and Trump: We asked our readers what this year has in store for the region

3 January 2024
Workers hold a Chinese flag at Hambantota port in Sri Lanka on Aug. 16, 2022. Chinese President Xi Jinping wants his country to play a larger role in global affairs through Belt and Road Initiative projects such as this one.
Asia Insight

Sri Lanka's China 'debt trap' fears grow as Beijing keeps investing

New $4.5 bn Sinopec deal comes amid debt restructuring, BRI lending shift

2 January 2024
China's path to economic recovery looks to be tough in the new year even though its government has rolled out a raft of measures to boost the slow economy. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters) 
Market Spotlight

Rate cuts, Chinese rebound in focus for Asia in 2024

Investors waiting on Japan to end its ultraloose monetary policy

1 January 2024
Prices of rice remain high in Asia as its major exporters move to prioritize domestic demand.
Datawatch

Higher rice prices keep inflation simmering in Asia

Prices of staple food hit a 15-year high due to extreme weather and export ban

31 December 2023
Axie merch IRL. The Axie blockchain game triggered a play-to-earn NFT boom but was criticized as a pyramid scheme. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
Business Spotlight

How Axie's loss changed the battle against North Korean crypto hackers

After FBI probe of biggest coin heist ever, can Vietnamese startup reinvent gaming?

29 December 2023
Vladimir Putin has been providing Xi Jinping with occasional morsels of information to keep China on Russia's side. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images and Reuters)
China up close

Analysis: Putin promises Xi to 'fight for five years' in Ukraine

Meant to keep China on Russia's side, the words in March prompted Beijing to hedge its bets

28 December 2023
A recap of some of our favorite feature stories of the year. 
The Big Story

From Myanmar to Fukushima: The Best of the Big Story 2023

A look back at some of Nikkei Asia's most impactful cover stories of the year

27 December 2023
Bangladesh, Taiwan, South Korea and Sri Lanka are also set to go to the polls next year, while Asia's focus will shift to the U.S. Presidential race later in 2024. (Photo by Ken KobayashI)
Asia Insight

From India and Pakistan to Indonesia, Asia set for election-packed 2024

Over a billion people will be voting but democracy questions cloud some races

26 December 2023
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed to boost annual investment in Japanese startups to 10 trillion yen ($70 billion) by 2027. 
Market Spotlight

Japan struggles to meet goals for venture capital investments

International VC firms are discouraged by small deal sizes and cultural barriers

25 December 2023