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