China Executive Insights
Clothing brand goes above high end at posh Plaza Hotel store in New York Social media posts from guests at New York's Plaza Hotel have helped spread Miki House's ultrahigh-end image. (Photo by Mari Sarai) NEW YORK -- Japan's Miki House is making a name for itself with high-end children's clothing in the U.S. thanks to carefully chosen store locations and an emphasis on quality at any cost.
Company's work aims to find enough participants for clinical trials for overlooked illnesses JMDC employees discuss the use of medical data. (Photo by Yuta Maeda) TOKYO -- A healthcare data subsidiary of Japanese medical device maker Omron is unleashing artificial intelligence on a huge trove of patient data in hopes of finding rare-disease clusters large enough to help unlock new treatments.
Leaders attend state banquet; Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets US business executives Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a state banquet for Donald Trump as the U.S. president looks on, on May 14. Xi hails the populations of both China and the U.S. as "great peoples." © Reuters SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump is making his first visit to China in nearly nine years, as the rival superpowers aim to stabilize their fraught relationship. The American president arrived Wednesday evening and is scheduled to stay until Friday. The itinerary includes plenty of face time with Chinese President Xi Jinping, from formal bilateral talks to a state banquet, tea and lunch. The leaders have much to discuss: the Iran war, trade and export controls, tensions over Taiwan, and artificial intelligence. Trump has brought an entourage of corporate executives including Tesla's Elon Musk, Apple's Tim Cook and Nvidia's Jensen Huang. There are high expectations that the president will help seal commercial deals for aircraft and U.S. farm goods.
Silicon Valley venture capital giant looks to support Japan's defense startups Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz, left, met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kei Sato in Tokyo on May 14. (Photo by Ken Suzuki) TOKYO -- Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz has told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that the California-based venture capital giant plans to open a Tokyo office by summer to expand investment in Japanese startups.
Company expected to be valued at $1bn in planned June offering A taxi with an advertisement for hailing app Go. The company launched its ride-hailing service in 2020. (Photo by Takeshi Hashimoto) TOKYO -- Tokyo-based taxi-hailing app operator Go said Thursday it has received approval from the Tokyo Stock Exchange for an initial public offering.
Donald Trump has returned to China for the first time since 2017, when he complimented Xi Jinping as the "king" of China. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters) The two leaders will try to bring their worlds together at the Temple of Heaven 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 and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
Lula wields South American country's rare earths for edge over Trump on trade Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an energy investment event in capital city Brasilia on May 8. © Reuters SAO PAULO -- Ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's summit in China, Brazil has been asserting itself as a key trading partner of both countries by leveraging its wealth of critical resources.
Japan steelmaker beats forecast but China exports and Iran war cloud outlook U.S. Steel is expected to turn a profit in fiscal 2026. (U.S. Steel) TOKYO/NEW YORK -- Japan's Nippon Steel expects subsidiary U.S. Steel to contribute to consolidated profit this fiscal year as production improvements lead to greater efficiency at the U.S.-based company.
Sovereign wealth fund plans 33 projects in next few years as landfills reach limit Indonesia generates 140,000 metric tons of waste per day. © ANTARA JAKARTA -- Indonesia plans to build dozens of waste-to-energy power plants over the next few years, seeking to send less garbage to landfills and raise energy self-sufficiency.
Dai-ichi, Nippon Life executives wary of Iran war, overseas investors, fiscal policy Dai-ichi Life's Kazuyuki Shigemoto said yield curves will flatten if the Bank of Japan hikes interest rates twice this year. (Photo by Shinichi Arakawa) TOKYO -- With Japanese government bond yields at historic highs, executives at two insurance groups, which are also major institutional investors, said they are taking a cautious stance on investing in JGBs at this time of unprecedented volatility due to high interest rates, fiscal policy shifts and the Iran war.
Population shrinkage is real, but migration, productivity and policy could make aging more manageable Children wave flags as China’s President Xi Jinping receives France’s President Emmanuel Macron during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2025. © Reuters Lauren A. Johnston is senior research fellow at the AustChina Institute.
Supply chain disruption looms over everything from tofu to autos A Tokyo area supermarket. Japanese consumers are bracing for faster inflation. (Photo by Nanami Sato) TOKYO -- The effects of higher crude oil and petrochemical prices are flowing downstream faster than ever in Japan, squeezing consumers when they buy a wide range of daily needs.