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TOKYO -- The Japanese trading house Sojitz has signed a 45 billion yen ($290 million) contract with MRT Jakarta, operator of Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit, to extend the subway system in the Indonesian capital's traffic-heavy central area, the company announced on Thursday.
NEW DELHI -- As India gets ready for a multi-phase national vote kicking off on Friday, all eyes are on the fate of top politicians who are hoping to play a key role after the elections in the South Asian nation of nearly 970 million registered voters.
WASHINGTON -- Top finance officials from the U.S., Japan and South Korea expressed shared concerns over the recent weakness in the yen and the won at their first trilateral meeting Wednesday, vowing to maintain close communication over volatility in the currency market.
TOKYO -- More unsolicited acquisitions are an option for Dai-ichi Life Holdings as it pursues growth beyond the Japanese insurance market, CEO Tetsuya Kikuta told Nikkei.
HONG KONG -- Chinese online retailer JD.com has launched a digital avatar of its founder Richard Liu to be its live sales host as it fights for market share in live commerce, a thriving sector that the company has been struggling with.
TOKYO -- Profit growth at six leading Japanese automakers is expected to slow in fiscal 2024 as they enjoy less room to raise output but face rising costs.
SYDNEY -- Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles on Wednesday announced a boost of 50 billion Australian dollars ($32 million) to defense spending over the next decade to transform the country's military into a "focused" force amid "increasing strategic competition between the U.S. and China."
HWASEONG, South Korea -- Over 2,000 members of a Samsung Electronics labor union held a rally on Wednesday to pressure the company to improve their working conditions, one of the strongest public calls for action the tech conglomerate has faced from its workers.