Mitsubishi Estate's real estate holdings consist largely of Tokyo-area office buildings.
Business

Mitsubishi Estate's new fund to target greater Asia

Japanese developer teams up with Hong Kong's CLSA to invest $1.8bn

23 June 2017
Japan Post Holdings' failed attempt to acquire Nomura Real Estate Holdings is forcing a rethink at the company.
Business

Japan Post weighs its options following failed takeover bid

Nomura Real Estate deal falls through, forcing a return to the company's roots

22 June 2017
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Business deals

Rio Tinto taps Yancoal for Australian coal assets over Glencore

Chinese miner beat Swiss trader's last-minute bid by restructuring payments

22 June 2017
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Business

Daikin set to buy Australian A/C maintenance company

Japanese manufacturer sees repairs, inspections as key to growth

22 June 2017
These bundles of $100 notes were seized by Australian police in a recent drug bust. Photo courtesy Queensland Police Service
Finance

Canberra's crackdown on cash transactions imperils A$100 note

Speculators and 'black economy' suck up Australia's plastic $100 bills

21 June 2017
Australian soldiers destroy surrendered militant arms in 2003. (Courtesy Australian Aid)
Politics

Peacekeepers to leave Solomon Islands after 14 years

Prime minister appeals to UN for help to prevent fresh outbreaks of civil strife

21 June 2017
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill speaks during the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting at the Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in the northern suburb of Beijing on November 11, 2014.
Politics

Papua New Guinea set for costly, unpredictable poll

Prime minister who thought he could 'have it all' faces the voters

21 June 2017
A U.S. Air Force missile maintenance team removes the upper section of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.
Politics

UN launches second round of nuclear ban talks

Proponents hopeful for final text of treaty by early July

16 June 2017
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla speaks to Nikkei reporters in Tokyo on June 5. (Photo by Yoichi Iwata)
Economy

Indonesia's Kalla: TPP has lost its 'allure' without US

Vice president signals Jakarta is still on board with regional free trade

15 June 2017
A boy stands on top of a seawall near the village of Tangintebu on South Tarawa in Kiribati.
Politics

Greg Colton: Trump turns his back on climate change -- and US leadership

The president's callous approach toward other countries will prove costly

15 June 2017
European trucks from left, Volvo, Scania, MAN, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz and DAF, all started platooning trials in 2016. (Photo courtesy EU Truck Platooning)
Biotechnology

Giant truck 'platoons' head for Australia's main roads

Convoys controlled by one driver will be more efficient, but will cost jobs

14 June 2017
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Commodities

Noble's woes raise specter of commodities meltdown

Market watchers worry key Asian player could become the next Glencore

14 June 2017
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Business

Mitsubishi to cash out of 2 Aussie coal mines

Japanese trading house shifting away from resources as prices slump

13 June 2017
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Politics

Ahead of elections, NZ opposition flags 40% immigration cut

Slowing income growth, stretched infrastructure turn tide against immigrants

12 June 2017
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivers the keynote address at the 16th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on June 2.
Politics

Turnbull speaks truth to Beijing on South China Sea

Australian leader warns that coercion risks provoking Asia-wide resistance

9 June 2017
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Business

Fujifilm's accounting headache spreads to Australia

More irregularities at Fuji Xerox raise governance concerns

9 June 2017
A boy stands on top of a seawall near the village of Tangintebu on South Tarawa in Kiribati.
Politics

US exit from Paris deal marks end of influence in South Pacific

For island states, climate pact is a matter of life and death

8 June 2017
Residential construction is booming in Australia's major cities amid an influx of Chinese investors.
Economy

Australia's 25-year run without a recession ties record

Resource industries battered by weather, but service sector picks up slack

8 June 2017
From left, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne speak to reporters after their June 5 meeting in Sydney.
Politics

US, Australia want China to do more on North Korea

Defense, foreign affairs heads stress Beijing's responsibility as rising power

6 June 2017
Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla speaks to Nikkei reporters in Tokyo on June 5.
Economy

Indonesia has 'lost interest' in TPP without US, vice president says

Jusuf Kalla says Jakarta remains keen on alternative regionwide pact

5 June 2017
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Business

BHP CEO: Shale not a long-term goal, potash has potential

Mining giant not impressed with Elliott's attempts at 'financial engineering'

5 June 2017
BHP aims to divest some of its U.S. onshore shale assets, such as those in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (Courtesy of BHP Billiton)
Business

BHP aims to grow potash mining into a core business

Resource giant weighs sell-off of US shale gas assets in restructuring drive

5 June 2017
Ding Xuedong, chairman & CEO of China Investment Corp., has called for fair treatment of Chinese investors by U.S. authorities.
Business

Asian sovereign wealth funds look overseas for returns

Appetite grows for alternative and technology investments in big Western economies

5 June 2017
Kava is mixed at a ceremony in Fiji. (Courtesy Fiji Ministry of Information)
Economy

Surge in kava demand spurs export boom for Pacific nations

Mildly narcotic drink has consumers hooked, but health concerns persist

4 June 2017
Australia's Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne, center, and CEO of DCNS Herve Guillou, visit the shipyards in Cherbourg, western France, on Dec. 14.
Politics

Australian naval program sums up dilemmas for 'middle power' nations

Delays and cost concerns on submarine project cast shadows over ship-building ambitions

2 June 2017