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Japanese companies navigate workplace revolution as job hunters get choosier
New generation of recruits value work-life balance and wages over lifetime employment and overtime
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Southeast Asia's plastic tidal wave: Imported trash swamps region
From Indonesia to Myanmar, China's 2018 import ban fed an already critical domestic waste problem
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Kishida: Japan ready to step up as U.S. 'global partner' at Biden summit
Deeper defense integration and economic ties top Japan's agenda, but Trump looms large
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China's tech workers trapped in jobs by noncompete contracts
From Tencent to Pinduoduo, companies use surveillance and lawsuits to retain staff as competition ramps up
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Japan's tale of two economies: BOJ hike and stock boom yet to trickle down
'Lost decades' linger for most in spite of record pay raises and Nikkei highs
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From Grab to GoTo, Southeast Asia's startups weather funding winter
Tied to the fortunes of SoftBank's Vision Fund, tech sector must now sink or swim
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China faces familiar growth dilemma as economy slows
Anxious to avoid reinflating a property bubble, Beijing chooses caution over expansion
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Asia's menopause challenge: The economic case for better female health
Aging societies from Japan to Singapore rush to safeguard mature women's wellness
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Japan's chip reboot: TSMC, Samsung, Micron pave way for silicon revival
After 20 'lost years,' subsidies help draw top-tier foreign chipmakers to invest
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K-defense: South Korea's weapons industry goes global
Amid heightening confrontation with North, Seoul finds niche filling global arms shortages
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Japan stakes manufacturing reputation on H3 space rocket launch
Industrial heartland, long geared toward automakers, finds a second life in aerospace
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Pakistan's election tainted by military meddling as ex-PM Sharif set to win
Nothing left to chance as Imran Khan's PTI party disappears from airwaves
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Indonesia's new capital hinges on election as Jokowi set to exit
With most funding from private sector, Nusantara struggles to convince investors it is here to stay
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Asia Inc. heads to Washington as focus turns to trade, tariffs and Trump
Rising concern about geopolitical risk prompts spate of new offices in U.S. capital
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Panasonic leads Japan's EV battery comeback plan with U.S. push
Subsidies are driving gigafactory plans. But sagging demand may yet prove skeptics right
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China's economic slowdown exposes reform gap with Japan and India
Tokyo and New Delhi's commitment to economic innovation pays off as Beijing's shine dims
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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
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From Myanmar to Fukushima: The Best of the Big Story 2023
A look back at some of Nikkei Asia's most impactful cover stories of the year
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Inside PDD, China's e-commerce titan behind Temu and Pinduoduo
Efforts to surpass Alibaba at home and chase Amazon abroad come with human cost
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The great nanometer chip race
China looks for shortcuts as TSMC, Samsung and Intel push the limits of miniaturization
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Pakistan makes Afghan refugees pay the price for economic crisis
Threatened with default, government tries reform whilst looking for scapegoats
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Taiwan's defining moment: Election to determine future of relations with China
Against backdrop of Ukraine and Hong Kong, voters must choose confrontation or compromise with Beijing
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Asia's climate-driven health crisis raises alarm ahead of COP28
Summit's first health ministerial follows record summer spike in heatstroke and dengue cases
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Southeast Asia's digital battle: Chinese and U.S. Big Tech face off over $1tn market
Geopolitics drive competition in AI, cloud and e-commerce sectors amid social media boom
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How China's BYD went from bargain battery maker to Tesla's biggest rival
In-house cost cutting, tech innovation and state industrial policy drove recent export surge