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January 11th, 2024

Your predictions for 2024

Tech, trade and Trump: We asked our readers what this year has in store for the region

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Your predictions for Asia in 2024

Tech, trade and Trump: We asked our readers what this year has in store for the region

From elections to currencies to climate change, 2024 will be a big year for Asia, and the world. (Illustration by Tania Vicedo)
The number of fraudulent business emails in the first half of 2023 increased 89% globally from the same period the previous year, according to Abnormal Security.
Datawatch

Generative AI contributes to increase in cybercrimes

Business-related fraud doubles as new technology makes crime more efficient

Engineers at Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute in Hsinchu: Taiwan's chip manufacturing model was built up over decades.
Opinion

U.S.-China faceoff means Taiwan needs closer links with neighbors

Washington's decoupling push poses threat to island's resilience

Sofia Vergara, second from left, with "Modern Family" cast members: Her line "Do you even know how smart I am in Spanish?" speaks to many nonnative English speakers.
Opinion

Nonnative English speakers need to be heard within multinationals

Global language of business has its costs as well as its benefits

To find solutions to problems and conflicts affecting the entire Earth, both individuals and governments need to improve their communication skills.
The Nikkei View

More dialogue needed to avoid global divisions

Social rifts must be addressed even within democratic countries

Companies active in Asia are likely to make waves in a variety of sectors. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP, Reuters and Getty Images) 
Business Spotlight

Asia 2024: A dozen companies to watch as the year unfolds

Businesses worth following from semiconductors and EVs to nickel mines and arms

SpaceX dominated space-related news in 2023. Its rivals are expected to mount a challenge in 2024.
Workers hold a Chinese flag at Hambantota port in Sri Lanka on Aug. 16, 2022. Chinese President Xi Jinping wants his country to play a larger role in global affairs through Belt and Road Initiative projects such as this one.
Asia Insight

Sri Lanka's China 'debt trap' fears grow as Beijing keeps investing

New $4.5 bn Sinopec deal comes amid debt restructuring, BRI lending shift

A man talks to an Indian paramilitary soldier standing guard in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Dec. 23. The region is on edge after three civilians were allegedly killed in army custody, following a deadly militant ambush on soldiers.
Politics

India races to contain fallout of Kashmir torture death allegations

Anger at army fueled by viral video challenges New Delhi in election year

The Jan. 2 crash at Haneda Airport killed five of the Japan Coast Guard plane's six crew members. Everyone aboard the Japan Airlines jet, shown above, escaped alive. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Japan plane crash

Haneda crash probe focuses on last 2 minutes of silence

Safety board investigates human errors behind deadly accident

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin delivers policy statements to parliament in September after a monthslong delay in the formation of a government.
Economy

Thai lawmakers greenlight delayed $101bn fiscal budget

Srettha government allocates 20% to investment in narrow spending window

An officer puts an ink mark on the thumb of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she votes in the election in Dhaka on Jan. 7.
Politics

Bangladesh PM Hasina clinches election win overshadowed by boycott

Opposition says low turnout shows public heeded its calls to stay away

A local train passes by a field of sunflowers -- and admiring photographers -- in Hyogo prefecture in western Japan. Author John Dougill opted for smaller trains along rural routes for his new travel book.  
Books

Japan travel book offers inspired insights via slow trains

John Dougill's honest observations and deeply personal style leave a lasting impression

Masked performers show off a phallus used to ward off demons at a festival for the Chezhi Goenpa Temple in the Bhutanese village of Genekha. (All photos by Humphrey Hawksley)
Tea Leaves

How tiny Bhutan deals with its demons

Phallus legends and fancy resorts both play roles in the kingdom's pursuit of prosperity