Self-driving forklifts show the future of Japan's logistics
In Nikkei Asia News Roundup's latest episode, Jada Nagumo and Brian Chapman discuss the transformation of Japan's logistics chain.
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How Asia is using QR codes
In Nikkei Asia News Roundup's latest episode, Jada Nagumo and Brian Chapman discuss how Asia is making the best use of QR code systems.
We need to prepare for a shrinking world population – but will we?
By 2100, just six of the world’s 204 economies will still have growing populations. All of them are small. Three of them are in poverty-stricken sub-Saharan Africa. The rest – including all of the largest economies – will for many decades have been living with shrinking birth rates and steadily ageing populations.
A Harsh Mongolian Winter Leaves Millions of Livestock Dead
An unusually brutal winter in Mongolia has left much of the country’s grazing land frozen and snow-covered, starving or freezing millions of animals and upending thousands of lives in a country where a third of the population depends on herding and agriculture to make a living.
Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Japan's tale of two economies
Hello from Tokyo. The yen remains weak despite the Bank of Japan's historic decision to raise the interest rate for the first time in 17 years. This is because Japanese rates are still low compared with other countries. With the BOJ maintaining its accommodative monetary policy, the expectation appears to be that the situation won't change much until the U.S. starts cutting rates.
Vietnam's GDP growth slowed to 5.66% in Q1 on weak phone, car output
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam's economy grew 5.66% in the January-March quarter from a year earlier, down from 6.7% the previous quarter, as productions of smartphones and automobiles dropped, official data showed Friday.
Singapore's Taylor Swift jackpot about more than exclusivity
Gary Ng is senior economist for Asia-Pacific thematic research at Natixis in Hong Kong and a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies in Bratislava.
Thai prime minister says legalizing casinos is good for revenue and jobs, eyes entertainment project
Thailand's government is considering drafting a casino bill and if passed by parliament, it would generate more jobs and state revenue and allow for the creation of a mega entertainment project, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday.