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Japan’s China investment drops 60% in 10 years as firms rethink strategies

Japan’s investment in China has plummeted by 60 per cent over the past decade, a casualty of escalating tensions between…

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Hong Kong’s Gaw Capital buys central Tokyo shopping centre for more than US$1 billion

Gaw Capital, a Hong Kong private equity firm focused on real estate, completed the acquisition of a shopping centre in…

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SoftBank, OpenAI tie up to develop AI for Japan as DeepSeek rises

SoftBank Group and OpenAI will create a joint venture to develop and sell artificial intelligence (AI) services to businesses across…

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Tokyo office rents rise sharply but vacancy disparity signals caution for investors

Investors in Tokyo’s office segment should temper optimism with caution, even though rents rose by the most in eight years…

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The View | Trump-driven uncertainty puts Asia’s property markets under pressure

Divergent views on Asia’s property markets abound. Deep uncertainty about how much of US President Donald Trump’s “America first” agenda…

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Shanghai draws S Koreans in droves as China’s visa-free entry entices travellers

South Koreans are making a beeline for China, especially top urban centres such as Shanghai, as overseas travellers take advantage…

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A better year expected for IPO bankers as Hong Kong claws its way back into top 10 markets

After a satisfying year for investment bankers in Hong Kong, who helped lift the city back into the top 10…

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Hong Kong hoteliers brace for ‘worrying’ trends as lodging tax, US trade war dent tourism

Hong Kong’s hotel industry is likely to face more headwinds next year. A new lodging tax and heightened geopolitical tensions…

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Opinion | An America awash in global capital risks spreading financial instability

The curse of wealth has come upon America – that of abundant capital inflows, inflated financial asset values and a…

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NetEase cuts jobs in Shenzhen as first-person shooting game ‘underperforms’

NetEase, China’s second-largest video gaming company, has cut an undisclosed number of jobs involved in an “underperforming” project that will…

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