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BANGKOK/YANGON -- A bridge built in Yangon with Japanese official development assistance (ODA) opened last weekend, leaving the impression that Tokyo maintains economic ties with Myanmar's military-led government.
TOKYO -- Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has quickly become a major force in the country's politics since he was granted parole in February after serving six months in detention.
Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose research on fungi helped to lay the groundwork for widely prescribed drugs that lower a type of cholesterol that contributes to heart disease, died on June 5. He was 90.
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin commented to reporters at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in early June that the Pentagon is considering posting a four-star general to command US Forces Japan (USFJ). A three-star general currently holds the position.
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
TOKYO -- Surging market values for precious metals have started to turn silver crowns and teeth into potential gold mines.
TOKYO -- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings has launched an investment fund focused on private assets with U.S.-based Apollo Global Management, Nikkei has learned, amid growing demand for these products in Japan.
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will consider gradually reducing its Japanese government bond holdings at a two-day policy meeting that starts Thursday, Nikkei has learned, taking a step toward normalizing not just interest rates, but the quantitative side as well.