Low bond yields, weak inflation and a struggling property market have raised fears China may see its own “balance sheet recession.”
The International Olympic Committee has found a sponsor in China to replace long-term commercial partner Panasonic from Japan. TCL was signed to an eight-year, four-Olympics deal through 2032 in the sponsor category of home audiovisual equipment and appliances,
Macroeconomic indicators – stocks, bonds, debt levels, real estate, unemployment – show that China's downturn is following the same path as Japan's post-1990 crisis.
Panda bonds help foreign firms in China raise capital by targeting domestic investors, and issuance is on the rise.
A Chinese reconnaissance and attack drone was spotted for the first time flying near Japan’s southernmost islands, including Okinawa, as Beijing continues to ramp up aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific.
China has concluded its sampling of Fukushima seafood as part of a process that could lead to lifting its ban on Japanese seafood imports, Chinese officials said
Some economists see China in danger of sliding into the same kind of multi-decade struggle against deflation and dismal growth that Japan suffered in the 1990s and 2000s.
Japan’s high-speed bullet trains are famous for speeding across the country—but China wants to set a new world record for the fastest electric passenger rail. Prototype tests are reportedly underway on the nation’s upcoming line of CR450 trains,
Asian equities were largely higher as Hong Kong had a very strong day, while Thailand, the Philippines, and Mainland China outperformed, Japan underperformed, and India was closed for Mahashivaratri.
Japan is set to revise its rules to allow Taiwan to be listed as a place of origin on its family registry in a move that will differentiate the people from China and Taiwan, a self-governed island that Beijing claims as its own.
Japanese officials and executives say China’s escalation of export controls on semiconductor raw materials is threatening global electronics supply chains. Beijing tightened export controls on gallium,