Asia-Pacific

Chinese President President Xi Jinping emphasized security over economic growth at the recent 20th Communist Party Congress.

The yen fell to its lowest level against the dollar in 32 years as the Bank of Japan continues to keep interest rates near zero while central banks around the world are raising rates to fight rising inflation.

Scores of semiconductor companies are going out of business in China despite the government's drive to boost the sector.

Onewo hopes to raise up to $783.5 million with its IPO, but the overall state of China’s real estate market could undermine investor appetite.

Despite Covid-19 setbacks, Pakistan is reestablishing GDP growth.

In a sign of China's rising strength, the Asian Development Bank announced it may stop lending to the world's second largest economy.

Alibaba is one of more than a hundred Chinese companies currently on the provisional list of firms facing delisting from the New York Stock Exchange over transparency and national security concerns.

After years of scandals and mismanagement, Toshiba may soon be acquired in an M&A deal.

Last year SoftBank earned the highest profits ever for a Japanese firm and during the first quarter of 2022 had its worst quarter ever, losing $15 billion.

Hong Kong's next chief executive is a law-and-order candidate.

Imran Khan, ousted by a parliamentary no-confidence vote, is replaced as Pakistan's Prime Minister by Shehbaz Sharif.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has come under fire for his handling of the crisis.

A digitally tracked green bond uses technology such as blockchain to improve data transparency and data collection efficiency for green or environmental securities.

Pandemic responses turn out to be a springboard for profits.

Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Bank, reveals how investing in staff and growth-stage technology companies will help meet Asia’s future financial needs.

Islamic financial institutions recorded a strong 2021 while continuing digital investments.

Some of these nations handled the pandemic well and some did not. It almost made no difference in how people evaluated their satisfaction with life.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused international investors to pause for thought on where their international investments reside. Are they seeing China in a new light?

Newly minted CEO Taro Shimada—formerly Toshiba's chief digital officer—will try to revive the company's fortunes.

Mizuho and Google will collaborate not only on new products but also on upgrading the bank's dated legacy systems.