Europe

U.S. President Joe Biden stands near an IBM System One quantum computer in Poughkeepsie, New York, in October 2022: Governments should act to catalyze private investment, not replace it.
Opinion

China will win quantum computing race unless West ups its game

Lack of focus on transformative technology comes at peril

12 January 2023
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands at the start of a bilateral meeting at the Tower of London on January 11.
Indo-Pacific

Japan and U.K. sign landmark defense cooperation treaty

Agreement allows militaries of both nations to be deployed to the other

12 January 2023
Rishi Sunak and Fumio Kishida arrive at the Tower of London on Jan. 11.
Opinion

U.K. will stand by Japan as China leverages its state power

Britain is committed to the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific region

12 January 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi discussed the proposed trade corridor in July 2022.
International relations

Russia and Iran eye trade route with India to bypass sanctions

Project, two decades in the making, would bypass Europe as tensions mount

11 January 2023
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Rome on Jan. 10.
International relations

Japan and Europe draw closer over shared security concerns

Kishida pursues defense cooperation on G-7 tour amid threat from China and Russia

11 January 2023
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, on Jan. 9 after arriving in France, the first stop on his weeklong five-country tour.
International relations

Kishida kicks off G-7 tour in France, preparing for May summit

PM seeks more focus on China along with Ukraine as Japan assumes host role

10 January 2023
Former U.K. chancellor Philip Hammond: "The best strategy for the U.K. now is to try to realize the opportunities that are now available that would not have been available if we were members of the European Union."
Economy

Harsh winter could tip Europe over knife edge: ex-U.K. chancellor Hammond

Rapid China reopening may provide 'upside opportunity' for exports, he says

9 January 2023
A deforested area of Botum Sakor National Park in Koh Kong province in 2012: Cambodia's rate of forest destruction is one of the fastest in the world.
Opinion

EU will need more weapons to tackle deforestation in Cambodia

Under Hun Sen, Illegal logging as much about politics as economics

8 January 2023
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to visit. (Nikkei montage/Zelenskyy photo by Reuters)
Ukraine war

Ukraine invites Japanese leader Kishida to visit

Kyiv expresses appreciation for Tokyo's solidarity amid war with Russia

6 January 2023
The U.S. will supply Ukraine with Bradley fighting vehicles and train Ukrainian forces to use them.
Ukraine war: Free to read

Ukraine from Dec. 8 to Jan. 6: U.S., Germany pledge armored vehicles in latest aid

Ukraine urges Japan's Kishida to visit as G-7 chair; Putin's truce rejected

6 January 2023
Carmen Reinhart says both the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank were late in acting against inflation.
Interview

Debt hampers fight against global inflation: Carmen Reinhart

Top economist warns worldwide recession is 'very likely'

5 January 2023
An agreement between Nissan and Renault on intellectual property would be a breakthrough for the two automakers, which are reviewing their capital ties.
Nissan-Renault alliance

Nissan limits use of joint IP in Renault's new venture with Geely

Deal is step forward in rethink of Japanese, French automakers' ties

5 January 2023
Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of S&P Global, is known as a leading authority on energy markets. (Source photo by Reuters) 
Energy

Energy guru Yergin deems interest rate changes key in 2023

'Year of central bankers' to come amid war, energy crisis, China concerns

3 January 2023
The United Nations offices in Geneva. Conflicts such as U.S.-China rivalry and Russia's invasion of Ukraine increasingly divide the world and slow globalization.
International relations

Fairness, not just democracy, to be key for sailing divided world

Nikkei Fairness Index screens nations as trustworthy or risky as trade partners

1 January 2023
Travelers arriving from China register before taking a COVID-19 test at Milan Malpensa Airport. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has urged the European Union to adopt similar restrictions.
Coronavirus

EU health officials call screening travelers from China 'unjustified'

U.K., France have no plans for new curbs over China's COVID surge

30 December 2022
A nurse moves an oxygen tank into a fever clinic at a hospital as COVID-19 outbreaks continue in Beijing. 
Coronavirus

China COVID deaths accelerate to 9,000 a day: U.K. research firm

Airfinity expects daily fatality to peak on Jan. 23 at around 25,000

30 December 2022
A Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept electric vehicle at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show. Japanese automakers sell far fewer EVs than the foreign competition.
Business trends

How success in hybrid cars turned Japan into an EV laggard

China and Western automakers dominate a field pioneered by Japanese players

29 December 2022
George Freeman, the U.K.'s minister of state for science, technology and innovation, speaks at a G-7 meeting of science ministers on June 13. (File photo by AP) 
Aerospace & Defense Industries

U.K. plans to team up with Japan for space business: minister

Freeman eyes more tie-ups including debris removal in Indo-Pacific

26 December 2022
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is exploring the possibility of building a chip plant in Dresden, Germany, to serve the needs of automakers in the region.
Semiconductors

TSMC in talks to build first Europe chip plant in Germany

World's biggest chipmaker looks to capitalize on demand from region's car industry

23 December 2022
Nothing's smartphone has a transparent back panel over LED strips that light up to signal incoming calls, notifications and charging status. (Photo courtesy of Nothing) 
Interview

Carl Pei's Nothing targets India with eye-catching smartphones

Head of company's India unit says it's focusing on software as well as design

23 December 2022
The United States accused Pyongyang and Moscow of violating U.N. sanctions on North Korea. 
Ukraine war

U.S. says Russia's Wagner Group bought North Korean weapons

Military company accused of taking delivery to bolster forces in Ukraine war

23 December 2022
German Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger speaks in the Bundestag on Dec. 1. She is expected to visit Taiwan early next year.
International relations

Germany to send cabinet member to Taiwan for first time in decades

Education chief expected to tap digital know-how, seek Confucius Institute alternative

22 December 2022
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appears to be taking a more cautious approach to new trade deals than his predecessors.
Trade

U.K. pushes Indo-Pacific trade deals to next year as dissent grows

CPTPP and FTA with India face headwinds over concerns agreements are being rushed

22 December 2022
The acquisition of Asiana Airlines by Korean Air Lines was announced in November 2020, after COVID-19 had robbed carriers of passengers around the world. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)
Business deals

Korean Air takeover of Asiana in limbo as global trustbusters balk

South Korean airlines will likely have to amend their plan to gain European OK

21 December 2022
Julian Assange outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London in May 2017: The British authorities do not really know what to do with him.
Opinion

Albanese is right: It is time to close the case of Julian Assange

Australian prime minister's move may signal end is near for WikiLeaks legal saga

20 December 2022