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President Yoon is pushing for a drastic shake-up of South Korea's labor system. He is facing resistance.
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Thailand's SCG hit by global headwinds as it tries to go green
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Anti-gay remarks by an aide to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have brought global scrutiny to the country's lack of progress on LGBTQ issues at an awkward time.
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Thailand is tightening the country's marijuana regulations, issuing new guidance and measures intended to curb a rapid rise in recreational use of the drug since its decriminalization last year.
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China's exit from its zero-COVID policy will support Hong Kong's economic recovery, but will not erase the damage done to investor confidence. Investors must be convinced that Hong Kong will keep the economy its priority, writes Gary Ng.
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Chinese spy balloon did nothing to improve relations: White House
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Japan to subsidize domestic chipmaking beyond the cutting edge
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Japan's second largest steelmaker JFE Steel will step up production of electrical steel sheets for motors, the company announced Monday, amid rising global demand for the crucial electric vehicle (EV) part.
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Yen weakens and stocks rise on expectations of Amamiya leading BOJ
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With the speed of supercomputers outpacing the amount of memory they are equipped with, the University of Tsukuba has incorporated energy-saving memory into a new supercomputer to make the most of its potential.
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China's Geely won't join Renault's EV company: CEO Luca de Meo
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Japanese defense forces likely would show more restraint in using weapons against a balloon than the U.S. military did.
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"It seems like Japanese people have gotten used to the war," said Yuliya Suzuki, a Ukrainian who has lived in Japan since before the conflict.
"The war isn't over," she said. "I want people to keep paying attention."
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Drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo is building the first factory in Japan for a homegrown mRNA vaccine against COVID-19, with a planned capacity of 20 million doses a year by fiscal 2024.
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"We are forced to keep our occupancy rate at 80% of normal days because we can't hire enough people, so the price per room is rising to secure profit," said an executive at a hotel in Tokyo.
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Japanese energy group Inpex will seek to automate inspection and monitoring of natural gas wells in an effort to cut both labor costs and carbon dioxide emissions.
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Japanese medical device makers such as Terumo and Nipro are investing heavily in Latin American countries due to advantages in labor costs, location and in reducing their carbon footprint.
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Japan baseball team takes grassroots swing at South America
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Public-private partnerships have been crucial in promoting women's economic empowerment in India, and the U.S. is working with New Delhi to expand the effort across the Group of 20 nations, Katrina Fotovat told Nikkei Asia.
UPDATE | The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquake has reached at least 1,400 people.
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Good morning, America. This was our most read story while you were sleeping.
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"We can no longer work as an extension of the past -- we need to have our next level of transformation," said Nissan president Makoto Uchida.
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India's Adani Group will prepay $1.1 billion in loans backed by pledged shares, as the embattled conglomerate tries to rebuild investor confidence following a brutal short-seller attack that has wiped nearly $118 billion from its market value.
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CHINA SPY BALLOON | "The U.S. use of force is a clear overreaction and a serious violation of international practice," China's foreign ministry said in statement.
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BREAKING | Mitsubishi Heavy to terminate jetliner business
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OPINION | "America's leaders must not succumb to the perverted logic that an illegal colonial outpost can underpin the emerging rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region," writes Peter Harris.
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UKRAINE WAR LATEST | U.N. nuclear watchdog chief to visit Moscow this week
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Senior Taiwan opposition leader to visit China amid tensions.
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OBITUARY | Japan's ex-lower house speaker Takahiro Yokomichi dies at 82
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Indonesia's eFishery to increase focus on U.S. in exports push.
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Hong Kong started its biggest national security trial on Monday with a group of prominent pro-democracy figures, including Joshua Wong, facing up to life in prison if convicted.
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Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said on Monday he had agreed to an in-person meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao in Beijing.
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A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing about 300 people and injuring hundreds.
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UPDATE | Major earthquake strikes Turkey, Syria; about 200 dead.
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Southeast Asia is "more diplomatically dynamic than ever," while China reels from its zero-COVID policy and Japan's "smart power" influence in the region continues to wane, according to the Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index 2023.
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Indonesia's GDP grew 5.31% in 2022, hitting 9-year high
Southeast Asia's largest economy is back to pre-COVID level growth but global slowdown weighs on 2023 outlook.
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A wave of layoffs at U.S. tech giants have brought golden opportunities to startups and other businesses eager to snap up talent.
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