Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox-The Japanese chipmaking equipment manufacturers navigating export curbs
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has seen its share of the semiconductor market fall from 50% in the late 1980s to about 10% but still hosts some of the most advanced chipmaking equipment manufacturers, making...
Mar 31, 2023
Japan foreign minister Hayashi to visit Beijing on Saturday
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday he will visit Beijing for two days from Saturday to discuss a range of issues, including the detention of an Astellas Pharma I...
Mar 31, 2023
Netflix restructures film group as it scales back movie output – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Video streaming service Netflix Inc is restructuring its film group, which will result in layoffs and the departure of two of its most experienced executives, Bloomberg reported on Thursda...
Mar 30, 2023
China needs to step up fiscal policy help for its economy – vice Finance Minister
BEIJING (Reuters) - China needs to step up fiscal policy assistance for its economy, Vice Finance Minister Zhu Zhongming said on Friday, adding the country will move steadily on implementing preferent...
Mar 30, 2023
Table tennis-Russian, Belarusian players to return as neutrals: ITTF
(Reuters) - The governing body of table tennis said it will follow the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) guidance on Russian and Belarusian players by allowing them to compete as neutrals. The I...
Mar 30, 2023
35 dead, 16 hurt in India stepwell accident
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - At least 35 people were killed and 16 were injured after the roof of a stepwell collapsed in central India, a local government official said on Friday. The incident occurred...
Mar 30, 2023
Australian Rules-Ugle-Hagan echoes Winmar’s stand against racist abuse
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Indigenous Australian Rules player Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has made a defiant stand in his first game since being subject to racist abuse, celebrating scoring his first goal by raisin...
Mar 30, 2023
Factbox-Asia’s carbon pricing and emission trading systems
By Matthew Chye SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japan, the world's fifth-biggest carbon dioxide (CO2) emitter, will begin a carbon pricing scheme in stages from April to encourage companies to curb emissions an...
Mar 30, 2023
Philippine central bank: March annual inflation likely in 7.4%-8.2% range
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine annual inflation in March was expected to come in between 7.4% and 8.2%, with downward pressure seen from lower prices of petroleum and some food items, the central bank ...
Mar 30, 2023
China to boost regulatory oversight of digital economy -central bank deputy governor
BOAO, China (Reuters) - China will beef up its regulatory oversight of the digital economy, as new technologies, especially new forms of finance, should not be blindly accepted and recognised, a deput...
Mar 30, 2023
