China's Xi pledges $14.5 billion for 'Belt and Road' globalization initiative
President Xi Jinping laid the framework for Chinese-style globalization and his ambition to lead it in a speech inaugurating his cornerstone diplomatic initiative for a new Silk Road. Xi described the "Belt and Road" initiative as a "project of the century" before pledging an additional ...
China may shelve controversial Myitsone dam in exchange for other interests in Myanmar
China has shifted its position in a lengthy dispute with Myanmar over the building of a $3.6 billion dam, seven sources said, signaling its willingness to abandon the project in exchange for other economic and strategic opportunities in Myanmar. Myanmar President Htin Kyaw will discuss ...
Ginza's newest shopping complex to open in April
Tokyo's Ginza district will see its newest and biggest commercial complex open next April as it seeks to attract more visitors by providing a luxurious and culture-rich experience, developers said Wednesday. With the growth of e-commerce, consumer behavior has been shifting, leaving traditional "shopping facilities ...
How the world's slums are shaping their futures
Residents of the world's slums are battling to carve out a place in the cities of the future. Home to 900 million people — nearly 1 in every 7 people — slums are emerging as a "dominant and distinct type of settlement" in the 21st ...
Nations agree on global road map to steer breakneck urbanization
The United Nations formally adopted a global road map to grapple with rapid urbanization on Thursday, capping nearly two years of behind-the-scenes international negotiations aimed at designing development priorities for cities and towns over the long term. The New Urban Agenda, or NUA, sets out ...
Japan should strive to build strong economic and diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Good urbanization: An investment and way of life
The prosperity of our growth will be intimately related to the quality of our urbanization and planning of cities.
In getting rich, Myanmar can't forget its poor
Aung San Suu Kyi's handling of a huge special economic project will be a crucial test of her government's commitment to social justice.
A ski resort success, Niseko defies rural Japan's demographic decline
Japan's shrinking population has weighed on the world's third-biggest economy, alarmed government forecasters and turned some rural communities into veritable ghost towns. Not so in Niseko, a ski resort community in Hokkaido that is prospering in the face of all the demographic gloom. The local government ...
The critical link between poverty and health
Concern for the health of the poor is one of the critical issues in development policy.
China's robotics industry provides lesson in out-of-control debt
Down a side street bracketed by massage parlors and cheap hotels in this city on the banks of the Yangtze River, a humanoid food service robot trundles around the corner of a table in a cafe, red eyes flashing in tune with synthesized classical ...
Putin struggles to kick-start Russia's flagging economy
Vladimir Putin's economy has been shrinking for 18 months but he still doesn't have a plan to get it going again. After focusing almost exclusively on foreign policy since early 2014, the need to get the economy back into gear is forcing the Russian president ...
