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March 11th, 2021

A TOXIC ISSUE

Ten years on from the Fukushima disaster, Japan's nuclear dilemma deepens

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Companies

South Korea's SK bets $16bn on hydrogen: Five things to know

Company to build world's biggest production plant for green energy source

South Korea's SK Group plans to invest 18 trillion won ($16 billion) over the next five years to develop the country's hydrogen energy industry. (Source photo by Reuters) 
Demonstrators hold up posters next to soldiers in a military vehicle in Yangon on Feb. 15: the military is not about to give up just because noisy urban crowds want it to do so.
Opinion

Myanmar's monthlong 'phony war' is over

International community must rapidly engage with the country's military leadership

Ant Group's headquarters in Hangzhou: the company had little incentive to control the risk.
Opinion

Why Beijing was right to rein in Jack Ma's rogue Ant Group IPO

Bad behaviour by China's richest man put the global financial system at risk

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Premier Li Keqiang sing the national anthem at the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on March 5. 
The Nikkei View

World must be cautious of friction created by China's 2035 plan

Plans to surpass US and restrict democracy in Hong Kong will draw criticism

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 1. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)
The Big Story

Fukushima 10 years on: toxic problem, few solutions

Why Japan's nuclear power dilemma has only worsened with time

Workers at the Advanced Earthquake Engineering Laboratory in Tokyo, left, are working to limit damage such as that seen at this hospital in northeastern Japan, right, following the huge earthquake that struck the region in 2011. (Source photos by Yuki Kohara and Shinya Sawai)
Business Spotlight

How Japan's builders absorbed the lessons of the 2011 earthquake

Vibration dampers offer reassurance -- and opportunities for commercial growth

A group of 43 mostly Western international companies operating in Myanmar have signed a statement expressing concern over the military coup. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)
Myanmar Crisis

Asian companies stay quiet as Western peers condemn Myanmar coup

Coca-Cola, Facebook and H&M among those voicing concern for rights and democracy

Blue Yonder is a major U.S. supply-chain management provider with 3,300 clients worldwide, including Wal-Mart. (Source photos by Reuters and screenshot from Blue Yonder's website)
Electronics

Panasonic set to buy US supply chain software company for $6.5bn

Japanese maker aims to combine Blue Yonder's AI tech with its own hardware

After nearly half a century as part of the European Union or its precursor, the European Economic Community, the U.K. fully exited the EU at the end of last year to once again seek independent engagement with the world.
Asia Insight

'Global Britain' woos ASEAN in fields of former empire

But post-Brexit UK may have to wait out higher priorities for Southeast Asia

People in the Pudong district of Shanghai on March 5, the day the National People's Congress opened. China has set a growth target of more than 6% for 2021.
China People's Congress

Bold target puts China's GDP just 25% shy of US in 2025

Road map signals America will meet its economic match soon

Hong Kong democracy advocates walk to a prison van to head to court with other activists over a national security law charge on March 4.
Politics

Dozens of Hong Kong democrats denied bail in subversion case

All 47 defendants remanded to custody pending appeals or further investigation

Elite National Security Guard commandos march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, on Jan. 26.
Indo-Pacific

India's bet on Quad disrupts Russia's power play

New Delhi wants to strengthen ties with Washington -- and not just in security

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Indo-Pacific

US to build anti-China missile network along first island chain

Exclusive: Indo-Pacific Command requests to double spending in fiscal 2022

Supinya Junsuta, universally known as Jay Fai, has run her Michelin-starred restaurant Raan Jay Fai for more than four decades. The 76-year-old street food star works in her Bangkok eatery 12-14 hours a day, rarely taking a break. (Courtesy of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants)
Life

Bangkok's iconic street chef gets her just desserts

Culinary world boils over as surprise award makes Jay Fai a star

People queue up to have their swab samples tested for COVID-19 in a residential neighborhood in Colombo on Dec. 21.
Tea Leaves

Sri Lanka's cautionary tale of pandemics and sorcery

When the state buys into local superstitions and homemade potions, it makes for an unhappy ending