Australia

A ship carrying liquefied hydrogen docks at an experimental terminal in Kobe, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Ooka)
Environment

Green hydrogen booms in Asia as companies rush into projects

Denmark's Orsted in talks with POSCO, BP invests in Australian project

18 December 2022
Heal has invested in assets across North America, Australia and Asia.
DealStreetAsia

Australia's Heal Partners seeks up to $500m for new fund

Investment firm specializes in health care, education and lifestyle sectors

16 December 2022
Solar panels are installed on the roof of a factory in Indonesia.
Climate Change

Japan hosts 1st meeting for Asia zero-emissions initiative in March

Indonesia deal offers model to boost renewable energy and carbon-neutral fuel

15 December 2022
Singapore Airlines and India's Tata Sons announced the merger of Air India and Vistara, with the city-state's flagship carrier investing $250 million in Air India.
Transportation

From Singapore to Japan, Asian airlines rush to ramp up routes

SIA inks deals as rivals like JAL and AirAsia expand flights despite risks

13 December 2022
A coastal Sydney suburb. Australia's AU$9.4 trillion housing stock is worth more than four times the size of its gross domestic product.
Economy

Australia's huge housing market keeps central bank on knife edge

Test awaits in 2023 as inflation-fighting rate hikes put focus on mortgage servicing

12 December 2022
A firefighter works to extinguish flames after a bushfire burnt through Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, in 2020.
Climate Change

Climate change stokes new norm of extreme Australia weather

New report increases pressure on the Albanese government to take stronger action

11 December 2022
ShopBack offers cashback, other rewards for a variety of brands. (Screenshot from ShopBack website)
DealStreetAsia

Singapore's ShopBack bags $30m from Australia's Westpac

Cashback platform has been bolstering its leadership team

9 December 2022
From left, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speak to reporters Tuesday.
International relations

U.S. to expand Australia military footprint with eye on Taiwan

Canberra will propose more trilateral exercises at 2-plus-2 meeting with Japan

8 December 2022
A secured transport arrives at the extra secure court in Rotterdam, on June 22, 2021, prior to the hearing on the extradition of Tse Chi Lop, who was one of the most wanted drug criminals in the world.
Society

Asia's 'El Chapo' to be extradited to Australia in weeks: lawyer

Tse Chi Lop's drug trafficking operation had global reach, documents show

6 December 2022
Anthony Albanese greets Fumio Kishida in Perth on October 22: Japan and Australia agreed at their annual leaders' meeting to seek bilateral consultations in the event of regional contingencies.
Opinion

U.S. will listen more to Australia and Japan if they speak together

Tokyo-Canberra partnership is about both managing Beijing and managing Washington

6 December 2022
A Tesla showroom in Singapore. U.S. electric car maker on Dec.7 will open its showroom in Thailand, Southeast Asia's second largest auto market.
Your Week in Asia

Memorial service for Jiang Zemin, Tesla enters Thailand, IPEF meeting

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

4 December 2022
Steve Tabbah, a sales representative at a local solar panel installation company, has seen a huge increase in orders. (Photo by Fumi Matsumoto)
Environment

Solar power a shining light for Australians hit by high energy prices

Environmental concerns also pushing many toward cleaner energy

1 December 2022
Walison the clown of Hudsons Circus started out in his native Brazil as a general circus hand, before training as a motorcycle stunt rider and then discovering a natural talent as a clown. (Photo by David Roma, courtesy Hudsons Circus)
Life

Australia's 'big tops' a model for 21st-century circuses

Traditional traveling shows have moved with the times and growing restrictions

30 November 2022
The world's first hydrogen carrier arrives from Japan at the Port of Hastings in Victoria, Australia, on Jan. 20: Hydrogen is not a new source of energy but a form of energy storage. (Handout photo from HySTRA)
Opinion

Japan and South Korea must recognize blue hydrogen is not clean

Even direct use of fossil fuels can involve lower greenhouse emissions

28 November 2022
Left: Men of Australia's Toowoomba region in the 1870s. Right: Detail of an image showing a convoy of loaded drays similar to the convoy ambushed in 1843 by Indigenous warrior Multuggerah. (Nikkei Asia Montage/John Oxley collection, Samuel Gills painting; Hamel & Ferguson) 
Life

Australia grapples with explosive history of frontier wars

Commemoration of long-dead warrior highlights resistance to colonists

23 November 2022
A vendor walks in an alley decorated with national flags in Hanoi.
DealStreetAsia

IFC looks to invest $320m in three Vietnamese banks

International lender has been operating in country since 1997

22 November 2022
Anthony Albanese, left, meets Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali on Nov. 15: What we are witnessing is a shift in China's tactics, but not its strategy.
Opinion

China and Australia are going back to business, without illusions

Mutual suspicions too great now for relationship to return to previous warmth

21 November 2022
President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, signalling in a speech that he wants to thaw frosty relations between the two countries.
Indo-Pacific

Xi sheds 'wolf-warrior' coat on return to world stage

Third term gives China's leader freer hand to chart new courses

15 November 2022
In his new book, "The Lucky Laundry," Nathan Lynch examines Australia's role as a "major international hub" for laundering illicit funds.
Economy

Australia 'economically vulnerable' to money laundering: expert

Author says dependence on foreign funding makes it 'international hub'

15 November 2022
A B-52 Stratofortress prepares for refueling over Afghanistan during a close-air-support mission in this undated handout photo. 
Indo-Pacific

U.S. nuclear bombers find home in Australia as China tensions rise

War threat leads to upgrade of military ties between Canberra, Washington

12 November 2022
AGL operates three coal-fired power plants in Australia, including this one in the Hunter Valley.
Climate Change

Australia hastens coal plant closures to catch up on climate

Shift from coal could trigger tighter energy supplies, impacting Asia

8 November 2022
An excavator at the Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine. Australian exporters did well this year due to supply constraints magnified by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Market Spotlight

Australia's resource-led economy digs stock markets out of hole

Share prospects brighten as central bank nears end of rate-tightening cycle

7 November 2022
Made up of 80 small islands in the South Pacific, Vanuatu is at the forefront of destructive extreme weather events.
COP27

Vanuatu says cyclones, rising seas are 'human rights issues'

Climate envoy from small Pacific nation makes remark ahead of COP27

5 November 2022
IBC President Director Toto Nugroho speaks to Nikkei Asia in London at the Indonesia Investment Forum on Oct. 27. (Photo by Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa)
Companies

Indonesia Battery Corp. in talks with European automakers on EVs

IBC also plans to acquire Australian lithium mines, says top official

4 November 2022
Sydney-based Blackbird says it has backed over 100 startups. (Source photos by AP and courtesy of Blackbird) 
DealStreetAsia

Australia's Blackbird raises $640m in nation's largest VC fund

Company is key investor in graphic design platform Canva

3 November 2022