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Vietnam's foreign direct investment trajectory remains impressive. Many international companies have relocated all or some of their operations away from China to the Southeast Asian economic tiger of ...

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to dissolve the lower house of parliament on Wednesday to hold a snap ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol took office in May 2022 with bold talk of remaking Asia's fourth-biggest economy. Voters bought his plan to revitalize the nation of 51 million with "fairness and ...

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TOKYO -- A Japanese system for calculating and reporting greenhouse gas emissions is set to be adopted on Friday as a ...