Europe

Olaf Scholz meets with Xi Jinping in Beijing on Nov. 4: Berlin has been sending confusing signals to its partners in Europe and beyond.
Opinion

Instead of leading, Germany is muddling Europe's approach to China

Split in Scholz's government reflects wider divisions about dealing with Beijing

8 November 2022
The World Meteorological Organization says ambitions to limit global warming to 1.5 C above preindustrial averages are now "barely within reach."
COP27

U.N. says last 8 years were hottest on record

Report comes as COP27 climate summit starts in Egypt

7 November 2022
Over 40,000 delegates are registered to attend COP27, including leaders from some of the world's most powerful nations.
COP27

COP27 climate change summit kicks off: 5 things to know

Key event begins on Sunday, drawing leaders from around the world

6 November 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden has put in place strict restrictions on export of advance chip technology to China.
Electronics

U.S. calls out Japan and Netherlands over China chip curbs

Exports of semiconductor-making gear significant part of Japan's economy

6 November 2022
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Nov. 4.
International relations

Germany's Scholz treads carefully in China visit as Xi seeks legitimacy

Berlin struggles to find right distance with its most important market

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
German naval frigates drill in the Baltic Sea in 2019. 
International relations

Japan, Germany agree to negotiate defense cross-servicing pact

Countries bolster security ties at 2-plus-2 as Berlin focuses on allies with shared values

4 November 2022
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, fourth from right, poses with her counterparts at the start of a meeting of Group of Seven top diplomats in Germany on Nov. 3.
International relations

G-7 foreign ministers start talks in Germany on Ukraine aid, China policy

2-day gathering starts ahead of German leader Scholz's visit to Beijing

4 November 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Angry over Beijing's reluctance to denounce Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, many countries in Europe are rethinking ties with China. (Source photos by AP and Reuters) 
International relations

How China continues to lose friends in Central and Eastern Europe

Refusal to denounce Russia's Ukraine invasion alienates allies in the region

3 November 2022
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks with Nikkei on Oct. 31 ahead of his trip to Japan. (Photo by Kaori Yoshida)
Interview

Cutting Ukraine aid now will only worsen crisis: U.N. refugee chief

Filippo Grandi raises alarm over Russian pullout from Black Sea grain deal

3 November 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are set to meet in Beijing on Nov. 4. (Source photos by Reuters) 
Business trends

Germany questions China business ties as Scholz heads to meet Xi

COSCO bid for stake in Hamburg port casts Sino-German ties in controversy

2 November 2022
A vendor sells food for iftar -- the meal that breaks the fast in the evening -- on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a traditional food market in Jakarta. 
Tea Leaves

Why expatriates should stop moaning

Reflections on the not-so-subtle art of living in a foreign country

2 November 2022
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, pictured here addressing the nation on Oct. 28, said in a written interview with Nikkei that "China is changing."
Interview

Germany to keep deploying forces to Indo-Pacific: president

Steinmeier sees China 'security challenge,' aims to 'preserve rules-based order'

31 October 2022
Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh will host the 27th annual United Nations climate change conference (COP27) from Nov. 6 to 18.
Your Week in Asia

Vietnam leader in China, Hong Kong investment summit, COP 27

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

30 October 2022
Adm. Mike Rogers: The former head of U.S. Cyber Command says Ukraine's success in fending off Russia cyberattacks reflects its careful preparations. (Source photos by AFP/Jiji, AP and Reuters)  
Ukraine war

Ukraine's cyber power shows value of public-private partnership

Ex admiral says U.S. IT groups directly help fend off Russian cyberattacks

30 October 2022
The clock tower of Big Ben basks in the glow of a London morning.
Arts

Big Ben refurbishment project echoes Britain's spirit and history

'Nation's heartbeat' given big, tradition-bound face-lift

29 October 2022
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte: "We decided that we need a stronger outreach toward like-minded countries, not only in our cozy European Union." (Photo by Satoko Kawasaki)
Interview

Lithuania's ties with Taiwan will pay high-tech dividends: PM

Simonyte suggests China can't dictate others' diplomacy, calls Russia 'reckless'

28 October 2022
Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during exercises at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, in footage released on Oct. 26. (Screenshot of handout video from Russia's Defense Ministry)
27 October 2022
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner discusses his country's policy toward Russia and Ukraine at his office in Berlin. (Photo by Marlies Matthes)
Interview

Germany aims to phase out all Russian gas: finance minister

Christian Lindner vows 'not going to be pressured' by Moscow over Ukraine

26 October 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden greets a worker as he arrives to speak about investments in infrastructure in Los Angeles on Oct. 13: Is it possible for unelected central bankers to ask the government in a democratic society to trim their fiscal plans?
Opinion

Spare some sympathy for central bankers

Favorable supply-side conditions are gone and fiscal activism poses challenge

25 October 2022
Rishi Sunak waves outside Conservative Party headquarters in London on Oct. 24 after being named the U.K.'s next prime minister.
Politics

Indians laud Rishi Sunak becoming U.K.'s first nonwhite PM

Modi talks of 'living bridge'; other lndians revel in turning tables on old colonial power

25 October 2022
Chinese and Chinese-owned brands like Lynk & Co. are gearing up to crack the German auto market. (Photo courtesy of Lynk & Co.) 
Automobiles

Chinese automakers take another crack at the German market

Stronger supply chains and better safety records are key to hopes for growth

21 October 2022
British Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation in London on Oct. 20, 2022. 
Comment

Liz Truss: Ignominious exit ignites U.K. succession race

Rishi Sunak seen as front-runner but Boris Johnson cannot be ruled out

21 October 2022
Hagen Heubach, SAP’s global vice president for the auto industry, stressed that "It’s very important to understand" that Catena-X is "not owned by Germans." (Source photos by Tsubasa Suruga and Reuters) 
Supply Chain

SAP seeks Asian participation in German-led industrial platform

Software company to approach Japanese automakers and Asian chipmakers

20 October 2022
A Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missile launches from a vessel during a military drill in May. The missile is developed by Taiwan and produced with U.S. technology. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP)
Taiwan tensions

U.S. in talks with Taiwan to coproduce American weapons: sources

New cooperation would expedite delivery to island as China steps up military pressure

20 October 2022