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Five reasons why Bessent's yen rescue comes with strings attached

Five reasons why Bessent's yen rescue comes with strings attached

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Nikkei Asian Review

William Pesek

Editor's Choice: Intervention buys time, but won't fix yen's fundamental problem

Editor's Choice: Intervention buys time, but won't fix yen's fundamental problem

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Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

Xi purged his generals. Now he needs new ones

Xi purged his generals. Now he needs new ones

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Nikkei Asian Review

Christopher Nye

Northeast Asia's nuclear deterrence is maturing faster than its diplomacy

Northeast Asia's nuclear deterrence is maturing faster than its diplomacy

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Nikkei Asian Review

Hao Nan

Capital's new iron curtain

Capital's new iron curtain

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tuesday 40

Nikkei Asian Review

Abishur Prakash

Time for change: Japan's vending machine network needs to evolve

Time for change: Japan's vending machine network needs to evolve

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tuesday 50

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Benjamin Boas

Help wanted, Japan

Help wanted, Japan

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03.08.2026 30

Nikkei Asian Review

Mike Birt

Asia's AI boom runs into a power wall

Asia's AI boom runs into a power wall

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02.08.2026 40

Nikkei Asian Review

Mayank Maheshwari

Takaichi's plan to cut sales tax on food threatens Japan's future

Takaichi's plan to cut sales tax on food threatens Japan's future

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01.08.2026 50

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Nikkei Editorial

NATO's Indo-Pacific era is over

NATO's Indo-Pacific era is over

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31.07.2026 50

Nikkei Asian Review

Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa

Japan needs quota debate to raise women's representation in politics

Japan needs quota debate to raise women's representation in politics

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31.07.2026 50

Nikkei Asian Review

Mari Miura

Editor's Choice: For Asia in particular, the dot-com bubble and AI boom are different

Editor's Choice: For Asia in particular, the dot-com bubble and AI boom are different

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31.07.2026 60

Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

Europe's China strategy needs more than tariffs

Europe's China strategy needs more than tariffs

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30.07.2026 40

Nikkei Asian Review

Philippe le Corre

Japan's new investment rules open the gate to offshore wind partnerships

Japan's new investment rules open the gate to offshore wind partnerships

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29.07.2026 50

Nikkei Asian Review

Tim Daiss

A six-point plan to make the US-Japan alliance battle-ready

A six-point plan to make the US-Japan alliance battle-ready

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28.07.2026 60

Nikkei Asian Review

David Santoro

Taiwan's pivot away from China offers a lesson for democracies

Taiwan's pivot away from China offers a lesson for democracies

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28.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Chris Horton

India energy resilience faces tougher test as tensions with Iran rise

India energy resilience faces tougher test as tensions with Iran rise

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27.07.2026 50

Nikkei Asian Review

Vandana Hari

Burnham's Britain will take its China cues from Washington

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26.07.2026 60

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Thomas O. Falk

Trump's 'transactionalism' entirely misses the big picture

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25.07.2026 50

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Michael Miklaucic

Editor's Choice: Asia Inc. must brace for a reality where energy shocks persist

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24.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

Cambodia still seeks peace with Thailand

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24.07.2026 70

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Prak Sokhonn

Japan, China need an economic hotline as well as a defense one

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23.07.2026 50

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David Tingxuan Zhang

Diplomacy shifts faster than clean energy supply chains can be built

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22.07.2026 150

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Sarah Ladislaw

Pakistan's moment has arrived

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22.07.2026 150

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Imran Khalid

Sara Duterte's trial puts Philippine democracy in the dock

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21.07.2026 60

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Richard Heydarian

The world needs a SHIELD against the next global shock

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20.07.2026 150

Nikkei Asian Review

Syed Munir Khasru

AI can help predict the next pandemic

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19.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Kavitha Yarlagadda

No longer an island: Japan's drug pricing has global consequences

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18.07.2026 80

Nikkei Asian Review

David Ricks

PlayStation may regret ejecting the disc

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17.07.2026 90

Nikkei Asian Review

Lu-Hai Liang

Your new online friend may work for Beijing

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16.07.2026 60

Nikkei Asian Review

Brett J. Goldstein

Japan automakers bought time with hybrids, now must spend it on software

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15.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Hans Greimel

Japan and the Philippines draw a line China cannot ignore

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14.07.2026 80

Nikkei Asian Review

Lucio Blanco Pitlo

Sanaenomics' optimistic ambition to bring back a stronger and richer Japan

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14.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Kang-Kook Lee

Cambodia's democracy died slowly after Kem Ley's murder

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13.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Mu Sochua

From diapers to farmland: How crises unlock unexpected fruits of innovation

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12.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Nobuko Kobayashi

Japan and India must harness middle-power momentum in the Indo-Pacific

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11.07.2026 80

Nikkei Asian Review

Farwa Aamer And Emma Chanlett-Avery

Is Pakistan turning its side of Kashmir into another Balochistan?

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10.07.2026 200

Nikkei Asian Review

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Editor's Choice: War and high fuel costs reshape Asia's vacation plans

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10.07.2026 200

Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

Strategic neutrality is Asia's new competitive advantage

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09.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Sonal Varma

What is left of Hong Kong's rule of law?

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08.07.2026 60

Nikkei Asian Review

Patrick Poon

Tokyo's property boom is a warning, not a crisis

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07.07.2026 90

Nikkei Asian Review

Koon Hui Tee And Shunsuke Endo

India can no longer take Nepal for granted

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07.07.2026 100

Nikkei Asian Review

Brahma Chellaney

The UAE and Japan have an enduring partnership, built to last

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06.07.2026 80

Nikkei Asian Review

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber

A new European security architecture is needed to end war in Ukraine

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06.07.2026 90

Nikkei Asian Review

Sergiy Korsunsky

AI investors shouldn't choose between Wall Street and Asia

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05.07.2026 80

Nikkei Asian Review

John Yasuda

Japan's corporate reform genie will not go back in the bottle

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05.07.2026 100

Nikkei Asian Review

James Halse

China's push east of Taiwan tests Japan-Philippines deterrence

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03.07.2026 100

Nikkei Asian Review

William Matthews

Editor's Choice: Weakening Yen leaves weeping foreign students and families

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03.07.2026 100

Nikkei Asian Review

Akito Tanaka

China's influence pipeline is already active in Japan's information space

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02.07.2026 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Sze-Fung Lee

Hong Kong's wealth crown reveals China's capital control dilemma

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01.07.2026 80

Nikkei Asian Review

Matteo Giovannini