Europe

Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor revealed the company's plans in Japan to Nikkei. (Photo courtesy of Morningstar)
Interview

Morningstar to launch mutual fund consulting arm in Japan: CEO

U.S. investment research group regains brand license in Japan

13 April 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou on April 7.
Opinion

France's Macron is sending China the wrong signals

More realistic posture would strengthen Paris' role in Indo-Pacific region

12 April 2023
A CPTPP roundtable in London in 2020: Negotiations for the U.K.'s accession to the agreement took 21 months. (Photo courtesy of the U.K. Prime Minister's Office)
Opinion

CPTPP members now have to figure out what to do about China

Lessons from U.K. accession set ground for dealing with Beijing and Taipei

11 April 2023
Yamato Manufacturing already exports large noodle machines to parts of Asia and other overseas markets, but had not entered Europe due to stringent regulations there. (Source photos by Taisuke Suzuki and Kyodo)
Food & Beverage

Japan manufacturer targets Europe with supersize noodle machine

Product from Yamato meets EU's tough health and safety standards

9 April 2023
Daikin holds a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new heat pump plant in Poland on April 4. (Photo courtesy of Daikin)
Electronics

Daikin breaks ground on Polish plant for energy-saving heat pumps

Fourth European production hub seen creating 3,000 jobs by 2030

8 April 2023
Demand for office space has been slow to recover, even in major cities like New York.
Markets

Office property under pressure as U.S. REIT index hits 14-year low

Financing concerns, monetary tightening hang over changing market

8 April 2023
Nissan Motor leads its Japanese peers in EV sales in Japan with its Sakura electric minicar. (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)
Automobiles

Japan EV sales just 2% of domestic market, trailing China and Europe

Nissan's Sakura minicar surges to top with affordable price

7 April 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, inspects a honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, in Beijing on April 6.
International relations

Macron meeting offers Xi chance to undercut U.S.-led pressure

Leaders tout economic cooperation deals and common ground on Ukraine

7 April 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Beijing on April 6.
International relations

In China, Macron appeals to Xi to help end Ukraine conflict

Europe leaders face hard task of coaxing Chinese president to drop Russia support

6 April 2023
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a joint press conference in Ankara in November 2022.
International relations

Turkey likely to accept Sweden NATO entry after elections: analysts

Earthquake changes calculus, with Ankara needing better ties with West

6 April 2023
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, meets with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi at a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on April 4.
International relations

NATO pledges involvement in Indo-Pacific with eye on China

Bloc seeks to counter Beijing's advances in space, cybersecurity

6 April 2023
U.K. Investment Minister Dominic Johnson sees the Indo-Pacific region as "an important geostrategic focus" for his country. (Photo by Shoichiro Taguchi)
Interview

CPTPP 'cornerstone' of U.K.'s Indo-Pacific strategy: minister

Dominic Johnson sees region as center of growth and innovation

4 April 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron, seen here with Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2019, believes he can convince the Chinese leader to go a step further than he has so far been willing to go.
Opinion

Macron is EU's best bet for swaying China on Ukraine

Beijing's and Brussels' need for each other creates an opening

3 April 2023
The U.S. hopes that preparing countermeasures against Chinese economic coercion will make Beijing think twice against taking such steps.
US-China tensions

U.S. calls for joint G-7 action to prevent China's economic bullying

Revealing steps such as tariff hikes in advance meant to dissuade Beijing

2 April 2023
Ledger was founded in 2014 with the goal of becoming a global force in so-called critical digital asset security. (Source photos from Ledger website and Reuters)
DealStreetAsia

Singapore's True Global Ventures invests $24m in crypto company

French startup Ledger offers USB-type wallets for holders of digital assets

1 April 2023
Gotion's first overseas plant in Germany is due to begin operations in the second half of this year. (Photo courtesy of Gotion High-Tech)
Interview

China battery maker Gotion plugs into VW for global expansion

CEO Li Zhen maps out plans to have third of capacity overseas by 2025

31 March 2023
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits the site of a mass grave in Bucha on March 21 during his trip to Ukraine. He had visited the country twice before as foreign minister.
International relations

China looms over Kishida's return to Ukraine, 9 years later

Kyiv's arms exports to Beijing at heart of secret 2014 mission

30 March 2023
A garment factory in Yangon. Clothing brands have outsourced production to Myanmar, providing low-income jobs.
Myanmar Crisis

Uniqlo owner joins clothiers exiting Myanmar

Fashion industry shifts outsourcing away from military-ruled country

30 March 2023
SMFL expects demand for midsize helicopters in offshore wind turbine maintenance to increase. (Image courtesy of the company)
Finance

Sumitomo Mitsui unit to buy into U.K. helicopter lessor

Japanese demand for midsize craft seen for disasters and rescues

30 March 2023
Britain's Port of Felixstowe, its busiest container port. The U.K. is set to join the CPTPP free trade bloc, although it already has bilateral deals with many of the members.
Trade

CPTPP trade bloc to give U.K. green light to join

Group now faces more geopolitically charged applications from China and Taiwan

30 March 2023
Porsche and Honda Motor are involved in aviation, which may give them an edge in working with synthetic fuels. (Source photos by Reuters)
Automobiles

Honda, Porsche race ahead in e-fuels as EU grants exemption

Synthetic fuels seen keeping combustion engines in the running amid decarbonization

30 March 2023
China's imports of semiconductor-manufacturing equipment fell for the first time in three years in 2022. (Photo by Masayuki Kozono)
Semiconductors

Chip equipment exports to China tumble as U.S. pushes decoupling

Impact could grow as Japan and Netherlands weigh their own restrictions

29 March 2023
A car is filled with diesel fuel at a Shell petrol station in Berlin, Germany. Diesel accounts for half of the demand for refined petroleum products in the European Union.
Commodities

European diesel futures down 55% as Asian imports ease supply pinch

Concerns rise that Russian oil may be refined in Asia and exported to EU

28 March 2023
Electric vehicle maker VinFast, owned by Vingroup, tapped Credit Suisse as one of several banks to handle a planned stock listing in the U.S. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
Finance

Vietnam's Vingroup awaits clarity on Credit Suisse after buyout

Bank bought by UBS counts EV maker VinFast, developer Novaland among Asia clients

27 March 2023
Standard Chartered has seven AT1 bonds outstanding with an aggregate value of around $7.5 billion as of the end of last year. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
Finance

Standard Chartered CEO skeptical of Credit Suisse AT1 bond wipeout

Bill Winters says 3 failed banks 'would appear to have been solvent'

25 March 2023