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JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's growth-focused economic policy looks set to continue into the next administration with successor Prabowo Subianto also planning aggressive fiscal spending.
WASHINGTON -- Japanese satellite broadcaster Sky Perfect JSAT aims to collaborate with the U.S. military in monitoring space, President Eiichi Yonekura told Nikkei, looking to turn security-related applications into a major revenue source.
TOKYO -- U.S. and Japanese leaders at their April summit are expected to discuss how Tokyo can technologically collaborate with the AUKUS trilateral defense framework, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told Nikkei and other outlets on Thursday.
WASHINGTON -- Assets held at central banks in Japan, the U.S. and Europe remain at 80% of their peak, demonstrating how funds pumped into the markets in pandemic-era quantitative easing continue to support global equities.
BANGKOK -- Thailand's biggest construction company Italian-Thai Development is seeking a new loan to keep its business operations going, at a time when it is facing a serious liquidity crunch.
TOKYO -- Japanese retailer Aeon will start boosting wages for part-time workers at 40 group companies in fiscal 2024, so that they are paid equally to full-time counterparts for doing the same work.
SINGAPORE -- Pius Chuo, a 30-year-old Malaysian working as a business development executive for an energy company in Singapore, plans to buy a house back home this year, as real estate is becoming more affordable relative to his income as the Malaysian currency falls.
TOKYO -- Japan's benchmark Nikkei Stock Average hit an all-time intraday high Thursday, as investors snapped up risk assets following dovish remarks by the U.S. Federal Reserve.