China and Japan are two of Asia’s most powerful nations and the region’s biggest trading partners. Yet centuries of intense rivalry mean their economic embrace can never be taken for granted. Disputes can flare up for all kinds of reasons,

Aging populations, as Japan taught us, are inherently deflationary. Folks in their 70s don’t spend the way 20-somethings do. With the unemployment rate for Chinese between 16 and 24 stuck above 17% —or higher given the vagaries of Beijing’s data—what good will subsidies and rebates do?

China's bond yields have plunged to all-time lows in recent weeks, drawing parallels to Japan's "lost decades," a long period of economic stagnation.

China, the global growth engine for the last 20 years, now boasts lower long-term bond yields than Japan, the former poster child for deflationary economic stagnation. This may signal that the "factory to the world" faces the real risk of "Japanification.

Tesla's long-awaited "Juniper" refresh of the Model Y has just launched in China.

On Christmas Day, authorities in Estonia and Finland noted the sudden interruption of the Estlink 2 undersea electricity cable linking their two nations - just as ship tracking data showed the Cook Islands-registered "Eagle S" passing outbound from Russia’s Baltic coast en route to Egypt.

Japanese "panda fans" can easily embark on spontaneous trips to China with a "simple click," while young people in South Korea embrace the new trend of "Shanghai weekend getaways," the culturally rich and historic streets of Shanghai have become a must-visit destination for South Korean tourists.

JAPANESE Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit the Philippines from Jan. 14 to 15 to strengthen their strategic partnership amid an "increasingly complex security environment," Manila's Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday.

The new measures targeted individuals and entities from Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Turkey, and North Korea.