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Nikkei Asia
6 days ago
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Indonesian superapp GoTo narrows loss to $23m in Q2
Indonesian superapp company GoTo, which operates ride-hailing and e-commerce businesses including Gojek, is still facing weak consumer sentiment. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) NANA SHIBATA August 13, 2025 21:28 JST JAKARTA -- GoTo reported Wednesday a net loss of 375 billion rupiah ($23 million) in the April-June period, an 80% improvement from a year earlier, helped by its growing financial business and on-demand services.
Nikkei Asia
03-08-2025
- Nikkei Asia
Sex and blackmail scandal rocks Thailand's Buddhist community
Scandalized Thai monks are causing a crisis in public confidence in Buddhism. (Yuki Kohara) KOSUKE INOUE BANGKOK -- Thailand's revered and tradition-bound community of saffron-robed Buddhist monks, long regarded as the moral foundation of Thai society, has been significantly disrupted by a sex and blackmail scandal.
Nikkei Asia
02-08-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
Toyota expands procurement of Chinese parts in Thailand
Toyota Motor looks to use more Chinese components in Thailand, the home of its biggest production hub in Southeast Asia. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) KENYA AKAMA BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor is expanding procurement of Chinese parts in Thailand, home to its largest Southeast Asian production hub, seeking less costly components to improve the competitiveness of a new electrified model scheduled for 2028. The Japanese automaker has begun full-fledged procurement of components made by Chinese companies in Thailand, sources say. It connected Thailand's Summit Group, a major supplier in the country, with China's Wuhu Yuefei Sound-absorbing New Materials. The two companies formed a joint venture in January and plan to build a Thai plant that produces parts for Toyota, a source said.
Nikkei Asia
01-08-2025
- Business
- Nikkei Asia
Trump tariffs will forge regional blocs, warns Japanese trading house
Marubeni CEO Masayuki Omoto spoke with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on July 28. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) SHOTARO TANI TOKYO -- U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs will create regional trading blocs and realign global supply chains, the CEO of Japanese trading house Marubeni has warned. "There is a perception that things are getting back to normal" now that some countries have tariff agreements with the U.S., but "the protectionist tendencies will alter the movements of goods and alter supply chains in the mid to long term," Masayuki Omoto, the CEO of one of Japan's five main general trading houses, told Nikkei Asia.
Nikkei Asia
31-07-2025
- Sport
- Nikkei Asia
Liverpool's Endo prioritizes champions over game time ahead of World Cup
Liverpool player Wataru Endo speaks to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on July 29. (Photo by Yuki Kohara) CHRIS RUSSELL TOKYO -- Liverpool's Wataru Endo says he is continuing to embrace the competitive environment of the newly crowned English Premier League champions even though his game time was limited last season, and that this will set him up to deliver with the Japanese national team at the World Cup in North America next year. "If I maintain a high level of awareness [of what I should do], then I think my game smarts won't diminish," the defensive midfielder, who also serves as the captain of the national team, told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview ahead of Wednesday's friendly match played between Liverpool and the Yokohama F. Marinos.
