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HONG KONG/TOKYO -- China on Friday demanded that the U.S. "stop hyping up" concerns about its industrial capacity as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Foreign Minister Wang Yi and, later, President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
TOKYO -- U.S. fund manager Carlyle Group is close to acquiring KFC Holdings Japan, the operator of the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast-food chain in the country, Nikkei has learned.
BANGKOK -- The founder of Thailand's leading cryptocurrency exchange says its anticipated initial public offering would fuel simultaneous expansions into Southeast Asia's developing nations, with the goal of creating a regional champion to compete with the likes of Coinbase and Binance.
HONG KONG/TOKYO -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the need to avoid "miscalculations" as he met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday, before the two held talks behind closed doors and ahead of an expected meeting with President Xi Jinping.
SYDNEY/LONDON -- Australian mining leader BHP Group has proposed a 31.1 billion pound ($38.8 billion) takeover of U.K. miner Anglo American, eyeing the latter's copper assets as demand for the metal surges for use in renewable power and electric vehicles.
TAIPEI/TOKYO -- Huawei has returned to the top of China's smartphone market after staging an aggressive comeback in the face of an ongoing U.S. crackdown, with Apple falling to fifth by shipments in Asia's largest economy.
WASHINGTON/SEOUL -- A senior U.S. official said Wednesday that the leaders of Japan and South Korea deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for the courage they showed in rebuilding their bilateral relations.
TOKYO -- Japan's top life insurers plan to halve net purchases of Japanese government bonds in fiscal 2024, a Nikkei survey has found, as they keep an eye out for the Bank of Japan's next rate hike amid sluggish long-term yields.