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Trump trade slowdown to damage airlines, ANA says

by Peter Langan January 28, 2017

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Japan should expand Asia ties as US withdraws, academic says

by Peter Langan January 28, 2017

A screen shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average after it passes the 20,000 mark on the New York Stock Exchange, January 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters, Brendan McDermid

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Korea, World

Asia stocks hit 3 1/2 month high on Dow’s surge; dollar slips

by Reuters January 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo courtesy of Pauline Yau

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Year of the Rooster #atimescny

by Ben Richardson January 24, 2017February 18, 2020

The TPP family. Reuters/USTR Press Office/Handout

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Asia looks at China as possible TPP partner after US exit

by Reuters and Asia Times January 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Goodbye TPP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Why Asia shouldn’t mourn the death of the TPP (yet)

by Harry J Kazianis January 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese news papers showing U.S. President Donald J. Trump at a newsstand in Shanghai, China January 21, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Asian media decry isolationist Trump, fear diplomatic turmoil

by Reuters January 22, 2017February 18, 2020

San Diego-based Formalloy shows a 3D-printed metal piece, made in roughly 90 minutes, at the Frontier Tech Forum in December 2016. Photo: DPA

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

How 3D printing could disrupt Asia’s manufacturing economies

by Christopher H Lim and Tamara Nair January 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Macey & Sons opened a new gallery, Lot 88, in September 2016 on Wyndham Street. Photo: Lot 88

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Singapore

Macey & Sons taps into growing art market in Hong Kong

by Samantha Kuok Leese January 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Higher yields in agriculture are expected. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Watch: Fewer hungry children in Asia charted in graphs

by Johan Nylander January 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese police officers examine ivory and rhino horn products seized after breaking up a criminal ring in Xuchang city, central China's Henan province, September 12, 2016. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, China, France, Oceania, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

War on elephant poachers is front line to halt extinction

by Nicolas Delaunay December 31, 2016February 18, 2020

He could have been a contender: Even Asia Times North Asia Editor Peter Langan caught a touch of bare-knuckle fever when he went toe-to-toe with Manny Pacquiao at the FCC in Tokyo. Photo: FCC Japan

AT Finance, China, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, World

Tale of the tape: ONE Championship draws investors

by Asia Times staff December 15, 2016February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP

Japan, Northeast Asia

Asia shares tread water as investors await Fed; oil, dollar dip

by Reuters December 13, 2016February 18, 2020

Next big thing? Maybe. Ryota Murata has a promising future. Photo: Reuters/David Becker

AT Finance, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, United Kingdom, World

Five rising Asia stars of boxing to watch in 2017

by Mark Butcher December 11, 2016February 18, 2020

Photo: AFP

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Edmond de Rothschild said to exit Hong Kong

by Reuters December 8, 2016February 18, 2020

State-owned oil giant Pertamina's refinery unit IV in Cilacap, Central Java. Photo: Reuters/Darren Whiteside

Oil prices rise on U.S. crude stockpile decline, weaker dollar

by Reuters December 8, 2016February 18, 2020

Men walk past an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, November 18, 2016. Photo: Reuters, Toru Hanai

Australia, European Union, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, World

Asia shares hit one-month high, bonds rally on ECB support

by Reuters December 8, 2016February 18, 2020

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Tokyo sushi bar keeps three-star Michelin rating for 10th year

by Peter Langan December 1, 2016February 18, 2020

Goodbye TPP

AT Finance, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Trump’s withdrawal from TPP: What it means for Asia

by Matthias Helble December 1, 2016February 18, 2020

A worker unloads palm fruit at a plantation in Peat Jaya in Jambi province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Photo: Reuters/ Wahyu Putro

AT Finance, Indonesia, Singapore, World

Amnesty finds child labor at Indonesian palm oil plantations

by Reuters November 30, 2016February 18, 2020

Financial author and former banker Nomi Prins speaking at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on November 17, 2016. Photo/FCCJ

China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

How Trump will deal with all the presidents’ bankers

by Peter Langan November 23, 2016February 18, 2020

A researcher takes a piece from a semiconductor wafer during a research work to design and develop a semiconductor product at Tsinghua Unigroup research centre in Beijing. Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-hoon

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America can invent the next high-tech jobs

by Patrick Dunne November 22, 2016February 18, 2020

Foreign exchange trading desk, showing U.S. President elect Donald Trump on TV and the yen's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar (L top) and Japan's Nikkei average in Tokyo, Japan, November 9, 2016. Reuters/Toru Hanai

Japan, Northeast Asia

Asia shares gain reprieve as bond rout takes a breather

by Reuters November 16, 2016February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose in front of Shinkansen bullet train before heading for Hyogo prefecture at Tokyo Station
Japan November 12, 2016. Kyodo/via Reuters

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Pakistan raps Japan’s nuclear deal with India

by Peter Langan November 14, 2016February 18, 2020

A currency dealer works in front of electronic boards showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) (R), and the exchange rates between the Chinese yuan and South Korean won (L), at a dealing room of a bank in Seoul, South Korea, August 25, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-ji

China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, World

Winners and losers among Asian stocks after US election

by Reuters November 9, 2016February 18, 2020

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Massive sink hole swallows street in Japan’s Fukuoka city

by Peter Langan November 8, 2016February 18, 2020

A reveller dresses as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval in West Hollywood, California, October 31, 2016. Reuters/David McNew

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Trump vs Clinton: Who is better for Asia?

by Kenny Hodgart November 8, 2016February 18, 2020

An archive photo of Bob Dylan. Photo: Courtesy Halcyon Gallery

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Shanghai, World

Bob Dylan is headed back to China — on canvas

by Asia Times staff November 5, 2016February 18, 2020

Mirrors of people at the entrance to a department store in Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2015. Reuters/Toru Hanai/File Photo

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Record 5,803 foreign trainees went AWOL in Japan last year

by Peter Langan November 1, 2016February 18, 2020

A protester chants slogans during a protest denouncing South Korean President Park Geun-hye over a recent influence-peddling scandal in central Seoul, South Korea, October 29, 2016. The banner reads, "Call for Park Geun-hye to step down." Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

AT Finance, Germany, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

South Korea’s Park reshuffles cabinet after weekend protests

by Elaine Ramirez October 30, 2016February 18, 2020