China-Japan relations as cause for hope not despair

SEOUL – The 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Japan diplomatic relations did not cross Haruko Satoh’s radar screen. Granted, such occasions are hardly at the top of everyone’s viewing agenda. But Satoh might have been expected to tune in: She is a professor of international relations at the Osaka School of International Public Policy, […]Continue Reading

Most APAC businesses have adapted to hybrid work: Telstra

Eight in ten organisations are promoting hybrid work Virtual work to increase by 83% despite offices reopening Business decision makers are rethinking their operations and work arrangements to benefit both employers and employees in the hybrid work era, according to Australian telco Telstra.
In a statement, the firm said its report titled…Continue Reading

New US chip ban takes tech war to dire next level

In a major escalation of the US-China tech war, China’s memory chip sector is expected to be particularly hard hit by new export restrictions imposed by the United States, according to Chinese analysts and commentators. That bleak assessment comes after Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC), China’s top memory chipmaker, and 30 other Chinese “entities” were […]Continue Reading

S’pore’s DBS launches apprenticeship to boost fintech talent

Programme developed in collaboration with Temasek Polytechnic & Nanyang Polytechnic
Programme will contributes to S’pore’s plans to build local fintech talent  As part of efforts under the Techskills Accelerator (TeSA) for ITE and Polytechnics Alliance (TIP Alliance) set up by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) together with industry partners, DBS announced…Continue Reading

UiPath appoints Lee Hawksley MD, SVP of APJ

Brings over 20 years of experience to the role Used to be senior vice president, general manager at Twilio UiPath has announced that Lee Hawksley (pic) has joined the company as senior vice president and managing director of Asia Pacific and Japan, effective November 2022. 
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Russia to lead Sakhalin-1 as Exxon cuts and runs

Russia is taking over the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project the same way it took over Sakhalin-2 earlier this year. Foreign investors who put politics ahead of production will soon be gone. The Western investor – Shell last time, ExxonMobil this time – has once again shown itself the door. The Japanese, on the other […]

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