Tokyo is also looking to beef up its storage battery sector as part of its multi-trillion-yen recovery plan

State agency says sector has been growing since 2016 and improves economic entrepreneurs who venture into the businesses

Crippled by Covid-19, Southeast Asian country's industrial sector tries to lure back former employees who returned to home provinces

The Chinese president has already urged leaders of the 21-member APEC group not to return to tensions of the Cold War era

The 7.5 million residents in the northeastern port face curbs on public transport and citizens were warned against leaving for unnecessary reasons

Bank Negara Malaysia reaffirms the government’s growth forecast for this year at 3-4% and for 2022 at 5.5-6.5%.

Third jabs look set to become a central part of the country’s virus management in 2022 but employers are yet to make a call on whether they should be mandatory

Changes mean travellers who have received China's Sinovac and Sinopharm will be considered as 'fully vaccinated' in Britain

China’s slowdown is likely to intensify, according to analysts at Nomura. They say four negative shocks will hit growth until a threshold is reached in early 2022

Authorities in the Asian financial hub have tightened quarantine and patient discharge rules to convince Beijing to allow cross-border travel

Chengdu-based biotech company is still to gain regulatory approval for its jab, which has been pre-ordered by global vaccine alliance GAVI

Company obtained a $360 million grant from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, the disease research funding group, and its launch customer will be the Global Vaccine Alliance