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March 9th, 2023

Taking the lead

How women are changing the gender balance in male-dominated Bollywood

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The Big Story

Bollywood's gender revolution: Women are rewriting the rules

Exclusive Nikkei data analysis points to slow but significant change in India's prolific film industry

Deepika Padukone, seen as Queen Rani Padmavati on the poster for the 2018 Bollywood hit, "Padmavaat."
Telemedicine is gaining a foothold in Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries for services ranging from consultations to delivering prescriptions. (Source photos by Getty Images)  
Business Spotlight

Indonesia and its ASEAN neighbors take to telemedicine

Growing populations, fewer physicians spur apps like Alodokter, Doctor Anywhere

Grab scored a coup by being featured as a miniprogram on the WeChat app.
Companies

Grab leans on Tencent and Amazon in rush to turn profit

Singaporean superapp cuts sales promotions to focus on monetization

A Huawei booth at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The event is usually a stage for Huawei's latest smartphone launch, but that did not happen this year.
Huawei crackdown

Huawei's rebirth as cloud provider faces total U.S. export ban threat

Chinese tech company would be unable to access any American chips

Sri Lankan port workers protest against an income tax increase in Colombo on March 1, 2023. About a year after economic frustration ignited a popular uprising that forced a change of government, citizens are still feeling the strain.
Asia Insight

Sri Lanka says IMF aid in reach after year of anger, hunger and fear

President hints new China letter will seal deal; local elections in focus

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, second from right, stands with Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez, second from left, during a forum in Taipei on Feb. 15. Paraguay is one of the few remaining countries to recognize Taiwan's government.
Taiwan tensions

Taiwan's unofficial diplomacy gains as democracies sour on China

Foreign minister Wu's recent visit to U.S. unimaginable just a few years ago

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has been forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, since October 2015. (Photo by Ken Moriyasu) 
Indo-Pacific

U.S. to replace Japan-based carrier Ronald Reagan by 2025

USS George Washington set to return to Yokosuka with unmanned refueling drones

Despite growing exports, Japanese alcoholic beverages still account for just 0.1% of the global market, according to the National Tax Agency.
Datawatch

Japanese liquor makes little splash in global market

Exports are growing, thanks to weak yen, but red tape limits marketing potential

Google India Vice President Sanjay Gupta speaks during the annual Google for India event in New Delhi in December 2022: India is becoming a tricky ground for technology companies to navigate.
Opinion

Driving Big Tech out of India would be a mistake

Open-door policy has been boon to country's startup economy

A TV screen shows Yoon Suk Yeol delivering his New Year's address on Jan. 1: Yoon's comments about having nuclear weapons provide an opportunity for Washington to refocus on the North Korean nuclear issue.
Opinion

Nuclear weapons would only bring South Korea more trouble

Pyongyang unlikely to sit still, while Japan and others would respond badly

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Life

Five of Hong Kong's best sustainable restaurants

City's leading chefs put a delicious spin on environmental friendliness

Vietnamese pop singer Hoang Thuy Linh's song "See Tinh" has gone viral on TikTok, with people around the world from Ecuador to the Philippines uploading videos of themselves dancing to the infectious tune. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by TikTok Vietnam and the LEADER Entertainment Vietnam)
Tea Leaves

Mysterious algorithms help Vietnam TikTok hit go global

'See Tinh' is fun but endless internet scroll teaches us it's bad to be bored