Southeast Asia Does Not Lack Electricity — It Lacks a Unified Power Market
Southeast Asia faces an annual power-grid investment gap of about US$18 billion even as data centers, electric vehicles and green industries drive electricity demand higher. The region does not necessarily…
Materials Are Hard to Find, and So Are the Tools: The Survival Challenge Facing an Old Tokyo Craftsman
At Akatsuka Bekko Workshop in Yanaka, Tokyo, second-generation artisan Akira Akatsuka has spent nearly 30 years preserving the tortoiseshell-working techniques inherited from his father. The industry now faces an uncertain…
The Conscience of a City Lies Underground
Chinese engineer Zhao Gang has spent nearly four decades working on roads and sewer systems in Japan. From night construction and layered road foundations to public-works bidding and hidden quality…
From Preservation to Entrusting the Future
The Flavor and Legacy of Ueno’s Historic Shuetsu Interview & Text / Riky，WanGe，LiDaPhotography / Yanagida By Asian Econ in Tokyo Just outside Ueno Park, near Shinobazu Pond, a huge sign…
How a Chinese Entrepreneur Built Trust in Japan Over Ten Years — Interview with the President of Kaneko Motors
This article is republished from アジア財経観察 At a used-car dealership on the outskirts of Tokyo, seven to ten cars can be delivered over a single weekend. Customers are accompanied through…
