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Nikkei Asia
6 days ago
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
FDI in China shrinks to less than 10% of quarterly peak
Chinese authorities have stepped up surveillance of foreign residents since a 2014 anti-espionage law went into effect. (Photo by Tomoki Mera) KENTARO SHIOZAKI BEIJING -- Foreign direct investment in China was sluggish in the second quarter, with net inflows totaling $8.7 billion, according to balance-of-payments data released Friday by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
Nikkei Asia
06-08-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
Japan automakers likely to secure profits despite $13bn tariff hit
Companies like Mazda that import a high ratio of the vehicles sold in the U.S. are in particular danger. (Photo by Tomoki Mera) SHOYA OKINAGA, YUMI OKURA and TAKAKO FUJIU TOKYO -- With U.S. tariffs on Japanese vehicles being cut to 15%, the combined impact on the country's automakers is expected to shrink to 1.9 trillion yen ($12.9 billion), letting most of them turn a profit -- though the risks of an appreciation in the yen loom large.
Nikkei Asia
16-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Astellas Pharma sentencing highlights China risks for corporate Japan
China revised its Anti-Espionage Law in July 2023, expanding the scope of targets for espionage. (Photo by Tomoki Mera) KOHEI FUJIMURA DALIAN, China -- China's sentencing of a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma on espionage charges serves as a stark reminder of the risks to doing business in the country and the need for precautionary measures to protect corporate employees. The Astellas employee was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Beijing court on Wednesday.
Nikkei Asia
09-07-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
China's consumer prices up 0.1% in June, first rise in 5 months
Shoppers in Beijing eye luxury brands stores in Beijing on March 15: Chinese officials have recently pledged to take steps to deal with deflation. (Photo by Tomoki Mera) WATARU SUZUKI SHANGHAI -- China's consumer price index (CPI) rose marginally June, its first increase in five months, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday, while producer deflation fell by the largest rate in two years, underlining continued uncertainty amid a global trade war and sluggish domestic demand. The CPI increased 0.1%, reversing a 0.1% drop in May. For the first half of the year, the gauge fell by 0.1%.
