Europe

Reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine will cost $411 billion over a decade, the World Bank estimates.
Ukraine war

Japan's IHI, Kubota and others weigh rebuilding efforts in Ukraine

10 companies send representatives to Kyiv with eye on infrastructure projects

22 November 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, arrive at Stansted Airport, near London, for an official state visit.
International relations

South Korea to unveil $26bn of U.K. investments during Yoon trip

Both sides to sign new defense and tech accord during president's state visit

21 November 2023
Komatsu is launching four electric excavator models this fiscal year. (Photo by Luc Hilderson)
Construction

Komatsu and Volvo scramble for batteries as electric transition looms

Construction equipment makers join fray with acquisitions to bring tech in-house

21 November 2023
The Horsehead Nebula captured by the Euclid telescope, designed and built by the European Space Agency to explore dark matter and dark energy. (Courtesy of European Space Agency via REUTERS)
Aerospace & Defense Industries

Europe's space program plays catch-up with China and India

Lack of funds and unity stall progress, but region still leads in Earth observation

19 November 2023
Transistor structures on chips change under 1-nm technology, an area in which Japan has little expertise.
Semiconductors

Rapidus, University of Tokyo plan 1-nm chip tech with French partner

Cross-border tie-up seen ensuring stable supply chains for next-gen products

17 November 2023
A Burberry catwalk show during London Fashion Week in September. Burberry's sales in China in the second quarter were weak. 
Retail

Burberry says it may miss 2024 sales goal as China market weakens

Shares tumble as CEO blames overall sluggish luxury retail market

16 November 2023
The AI Safety Summit held in Milton Keynes, U.K., did not really deliver concrete outcomes and was a clear failure in terms of diverse representation. (Pool via Reuters)
Opinion

U.K. summit shows why the U.N. should take lead on AI issues

Technology's risks require an inclusive, global approach to governance

16 November 2023
Jonny Fowle, global head of spirits at Sotheby's, unveils "The Archer," a bottle of Karuizawa whisky distilled in 1960. Only 41 bottles were made from the cask. (Photo by Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa)
Life

Sotheby's aims for record Japanese whisky sale

1960 Karuizawa bottle expected to fetch over $300,000

16 November 2023
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, seen here in Brussels in October, has pushed to let over 500,000 workers into the country for companies like China's CATL, despite his usual staunch opposition to immigration.
Technology

Hungary's Chinese EV ambitions thwarted by anti-immigration grief

Battery makers like CATL face staff shortage, local wariness in the country

14 November 2023
Netherlands-based ASML is a major supplier of lithography equipment for manufacturing advanced chips. (Photo courtesy of ASML)
Semiconductors

China's chipmaking equipment imports surge 93% despite curbs

Purchases from Netherlands jump as Chinese buyers grab what they can

14 November 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits an artillery training center amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Nov. 3. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)
Ukraine war: Free to read

Ukraine from Nov. 6 to Nov. 13: Zelenskyy warns of Russian attacks in winter

Lawyers seek release of Russian artist who staged antiwar price tag protest

13 November 2023
A Benesse classroom in Japan. The company is the country's top distance learning provider.
Business deals

Japan education firm Benesse to go private with Sweden's EQT

Management buyout aimed at turning around flagging distance learning business

11 November 2023
Chinese company Wingtech will sell British semiconductor fab Nexperia Newport, with the price set at $177 million. (Image courtesy of Wingtech)
Semiconductors

China's Wingtech to sell U.K. chipmaking plant amid security concern

Sale to U.S. buyer follows London's order to divest wafer fab

10 November 2023
The Chinese economy is "actually quite resilient" despite some challenges in the property sector, Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm told Nikkei Asia. (Photo by Kosuke Imamura) 
Global Management Dialogue 2023

Rio Tinto CEO says China still promising mineral market as EVs boom

Mining giant sees 'quite resilient' economy, good iron and copper demand

9 November 2023
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, speaks to reporters.  (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Interview

EU concerned by North Korea arming Russia: foreign policy chief

Pyongyang could face 'consequences' from Europe, says Josep Borrell

9 November 2023
Deputy Minister for Investment Promotion Nurul Ichwan told Nikkei Asia that Indonesia is wide open to any investor, not just Chinese. (Photo by Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa)
Automobiles

Indonesia calls on West to help it develop EV manufacturing power

Deputy investment minister says country is 'open to anybody,' not just China

8 November 2023
While advocating for a two-state solution, Ehud Olmert said there is "no room" for a cease-fire in the fighting with Hamas. (Photo by Takeshi Kumon)
Interview

Ex-Israeli PM Olmert urges U.S.-NATO intervention in Gaza after war

Israel must reiterate commitment to two-state solution, former leader says

8 November 2023
Jean-Pascal Tricoire, chairman of Schneider Electric, says that nations like India have "the advantage of the late starter" when it comes to decarbonization. 
Global Management Dialogue 2023

Asia can benefit from late start on decarbonization, says Schneider Electric

Chairman says digitalization, electrification key as energy demand grows

7 November 2023
China's nuclear development program has evaded sanctions to obtain some of the world's most advanced machine tools. 
Supply Chain

China's nuclear program skirts Western machine tool sanctions

Nikkei probe finds Japanese and German 'mother machines' where they shouldn't be

7 November 2023
Daiwa Securities Group is expanding its global M&A advisory presence, targeting earnings of $467 million by the end of the decade.
Business deals

Japan's Daiwa Securities buys Irish M&A advisory IBI

Group widens international consulting business with newest deal

7 November 2023
The World Intellectual Property Organization, based in Geneva, reported 1.58 million patent filings from China for 2022 and 505,000 from the U.S.
Technology

China and India lift global patent filings to record

U.S. maintains growth in 2022, but Japan and Germany suffer declines

7 November 2023
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is seeking reelection in 2024, has been sharply critical of Washington's support for Kyiv.
6 November 2023
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and European Council President Charles Michel pose for a photo on July 13. (Photo courtesy of the European Commission) 
International relations

Japan and Europe bolster security ties in face of shared threats

Concern over China and Russia push partners closer together

5 November 2023
Lithuania’s Ambassador to Japan Aurelijus Zykas and his wife, Kristina, talk about how "courage" helped Lithuania become the first Baltic state to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. (Photo by Jun Takai)
Life

Beetroot soup diplomacy: Envoy gives Japan taste of Lithuanian culture

Aurelijus Zykas wields fluent Japanese to sell his nation's native food products

5 November 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, left, on the sidelines of the Nov. 3 summit of the Organization of Turkic States.
International relations

Turkey and France jostle for Central Asia influence as Russia declines

Ankara leads Turkic state summit while Macron visits Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

4 November 2023