Aug 1st
Union at BHP’s Escondida mine in Chile rejects contract, company seeks talks
Aug2nd
SoftBank zeroes in on Southeast Asia in search of next Grab
Tech group aims to replicate success of investment in Singapore ride-hailer
Hino and Isuzu race for electric trucks as Chinese rivals encroach
Battery costs and charging infrastructure pose challenges for Japan’s market
Japan space center joins push to settle Mars and beyond
Kyoto University teams with private sector to research artificial gravity and other fields
Aug 1st
Japan starts giving COVID-19 shots to citizens temporarily returning
Japan’s COVID test bureaucracy leaves returning citizens stranded
Stringent formats for proof of negative tests create extra burden
Jul 31st
Japan’s ‘post-Olympics’ curse looms large for embattled Suga
Prime ministers have stepped down each time Japan hosted Games
Jul 30th
ANA ‘nearly over the worst’ of COVID downturn: exec
Japanese airline slices loss helped by cost cuts
Japan’s JGC and Cosmo to begin jet biofuel production in 2025
Companies to use waste food oil collected from restaurants and factories
Japan bets on $90bn fund as universities lose ground to West
Lackluster global rankings push government to help institutions regain edge
Abe: Taiwan must never repeat Hong Kong experience
US, Japan lawmakers, along with Taipei colleagues, discuss Chinese expansionism
Japanese Nobel laureate Toshihide Masukawa dies at 81
Predicted the existence of new quarks to explain the concept of broken symmetry
Japan to fight state-subsidized imports, learning from US and EU
Tokyo seeks intel-sharing framework, targeting metals and chemicals
Nomura reports 57% profit drop following Archegos debacle
Despite weaker results, analysts welcome shift to less volatile business
