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Japan’s family firms turn to M&A when heirs are not so apparent
Diners at a sleek teppanyaki restaurant in Tokyo’s Asakusa district wait happily as chefs sear marbled Kobe beef over open grills. Expectations are high at…
Hong Kong’s first batch of free PLA ship tour tickets gone within 4 minutes
Hongkongers have snapped up the first batch of free tickets to visit two PLA naval ships within minutes of their release for a weekend port…
Chinachem Group steers first-of-its-kind blueprint for Hong Kong’s green and silver future
Like other advanced cities, Hong Kong faces a range of clearly defined challenges that must be directly addressed in the next few years.
Two that stand…
Funding option: royalties giant opens Hong Kong base as mainland China biotech deals surge
The world’s largest buyer of biopharmaceutical royalties has set up its first Asia-Pacific base in Hong Kong, joining a string of multinational corporations in the…
How Philippine ube farming can cash in on ‘purple gold rush’
Esmeraldo Maligsa, a farmer and president of the Bohol Ube Growers Association, harvests 2,000kg (4,400lbs) of ube, the purple tuber native to the Philippines, every…