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TOKYO -- A code of conduct meant to minimize the risk of conflict in the South China Sea, where many countries have overlapping maritime claims, will be concluded between ASEAN and China by next year, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn told Nikkei Asia.
TOKYO -- Cambodia expects growing Japanese investment to help curb its economic dependence on China, the Southeast Asian nation's deputy prime minister told Nikkei Asia.
TOKYO -- China's recent military exercises surrounding Taiwan "looked like a rehearsal" for an invasion, U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Samuel Paparo told Nikkei on Wednesday, stressing the importance of solidarity among the U.S., Japan and their partners to enhance deterrence against Beijing.
TOKYO -- Sumitomo Chemical will seek to more than double its sales of chipmaking materials by fiscal 2030, President Keiichi Iwata told Nikkei on Tuesday, as the company invests in new growth drivers.
TOKYO -- Japan is moving to broaden companies' options for using their own shares in acquisitions, seeking to smooth the way for more global deals, Nikkei has learned.
TOKYO/HONG KONG -- In 2023, a staff member of one Japanese studio working on an anime series to be broadcast this July was feeling a little suspicious. When studios collaborate on a series they normally communicate closely, but the representative of a Chinese company responsible for one part of the project had been unusually quiet.
SYDNEY -- Taiwan's chief representative in New Zealand told Nikkei Asia that New Zealand is leaning more toward like-minded countries in its stance on the Taiwan issue.
TOKYO -- Cross-border QR code payments made through Cambodia's Bakong digital financial system are set to boost the use of the Southeast Asian nation's riel currency, the governor of its central bank told Nikkei Asia on Friday.