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But failure to agree on a production quota policy, the source of the group's global influence, indicates internal divisions that </p> <div class="date-area">June 3, 2016 06:05 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Oil-down-as-OPEC-fails-to-set-output-cap">Oil down as OPEC fails to set output cap</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Oil-down-as-OPEC-fails-to-set-output-cap"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201606/0602t/20160602opec9/4598408-1-eng-GB/20160602OPEC9_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Thursday as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ended a recent meeting without setting a ceiling for its production.Market participants had followed OPEC's gathering in V</p> <div class="date-area">June 2, 2016 11:51 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/OPEC-unlikely-to-agree-on-crude-output-freeze">OPEC unlikely to agree on crude output freeze</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/OPEC-unlikely-to-agree-on-crude-output-freeze"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201606/0601n/0601n-al-falih/4590873-1-eng-GB/0601N-al-Falih_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Crude oil prices have recovered to a roughly eight-month high on hopes of a better supply-demand balance, but many are growing skeptical that OPEC will be able to reach a consensus on freezing output levels at its Thursday meeting.Saudi Ara</p> <div class="date-area">June 2, 2016 02:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Photo-bolsters-Japan-s-efforts-over-missing-journalist-in-Syria">Photo bolsters Japan's efforts over missing journalist in Syria</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- Japan's government is gathering information in hopes of securing the release of a Japanese journalist thought to be taken hostage in Syria, following a new image that surfaced online Monday.The government identified a photo early that morni</p> <div class="date-area">May 31, 2016 02:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Obama-s-nuclear-free-ideals-face-tough-reality-check">Obama's nuclear-free ideals face tough reality check</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Obama-s-nuclear-free-ideals-face-tough-reality-check"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0528t/20160528_obama_hiroshima_memorial/4570833-2-eng-GB/20160528_obama_hiroshima_memorial_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> HIROSHIMA, Japan -- U.S. President Barack Obama's historic trip here, and his renewed appeal for a world without nuclear weapons, may ultimately do little besides pad his political resume as global disarmament efforts sputter. Obama won the Nobel Pe</p> <div class="date-area">May 28, 2016 05:50 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Oil-rally-may-lack-legs-some-say">Oil rally may lack legs, some say</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- Crude oil futures broke above the $50-per-barrel mark Thursday in New York for the first time in roughly seven months, but some observers expect prices to lose steam now that the threshold has been reached.Oil prices have been rising as of </p> <div class="date-area">May 27, 2016 03:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Saudi-Arabia-tasks-young-ministers-with-driving-economic-reforms">Saudi Arabia tasks young ministers with driving economic reforms</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Saudi-Arabia-tasks-young-ministers-with-driving-economic-reforms"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/magazine/20160526/20160523_aramco_oil_refinery/4536064-1-eng-GB/20160523_Aramco_oil_refinery_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Saudi Arabia is betting on a crop of young new ministers to get the country's ambitious economic reform plans off the ground. In a cabinet reshuffle in early May, elderly Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali al-Naimi was replaced by</p> <div class="date-area">May 26, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160526-FACING-UP-TO-HISTORY/Politics-Economy/Saudi-Arabia-tasks-young-ministers-with-driving-economic-reforms">Saudi Arabia tasks young ministers with driving economic reforms</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160526-FACING-UP-TO-HISTORY/Politics-Economy/Saudi-Arabia-tasks-young-ministers-with-driving-economic-reforms"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/magazine/20160526/20160523_aramco_oil_refinery/4536064-1-eng-GB/20160523_Aramco_oil_refinery_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO Saudi Arabia is betting on a crop of young new ministers to get the country's ambitious economic reform plans off the ground. In a cabinet reshuffle in early May, elderly Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali al-Naimi was replaced by Kh</p> <div class="date-area">May 26, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/G-7-leaders-to-lay-out-infrastructure-investment-standards">G-7 leaders to lay out infrastructure investment standards</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- Group of Seven leaders will come out with principles for infrastructure support in emerging and developing countries after this week's summit, aiming to counter growing Chinese influence in this area.The guidelines, to be included in a stat</p> <div class="date-area">May 25, 2016 05:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Bombs-kill-nearly-150-in-Syrian-government-held-cities">Bombs kill nearly 150 in Syrian government-held cities</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BEIRUT (Reuters) -- Bombs killed nearly 150 people and wounded at least 200 in Jableh and Tartous on Syria's Mediterranean coast on Monday in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said.Islami</p> <div class="date-area">May 24, 2016 03:09 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/EgyptAir-jet-missing-after-mid-air-plunge">EgyptAir jet missing after mid-air plunge</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> CAIRO/ATHENS (Reuters) -- Greek rescue workers found lifevests and bits of plastic floating in the Mediterranean after an EgyptAir jet carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar in what Egypt said could have been a te</p> <div class="date-area">May 20, 2016 04:03 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Manufacturers-looking-to-Moroccan-export-hub">Manufacturers looking to Moroccan export hub</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> DUBAI -- Global manufacturers are increasingly keen to set up shop in Morocco, whose strategically located coastal cities could be convenient export hubs.Morocco has strong ties to former colonial power France, but Japanese companies are also expand</p> <div class="date-area">May 19, 2016 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Mohamed-A.-El-Erian-Saudi-Arabia-s-bold-vision-for-economic-diversification">Mohamed A. El-Erian -- Saudi Arabia's bold vision for economic diversification</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> LOS ANGELES -- Saudi Arabia has captured the world's attention with the announcement of an ambitious agenda, called Vision 2030, aimed at overhauling the structure of its economy. The plan would reduce historical high dependence on oil by transformi</p> <div class="date-area">May 17, 2016 09:20 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Marubeni-adding-2bn-plant-to-Indonesian-power-portfolio">Marubeni adding $2bn plant to Indonesian power portfolio</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Marubeni-adding-2bn-plant-to-Indonesian-power-portfolio"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0516n/0516n-marubeni/4505151-1-eng-GB/0516N-Marubeni_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Marubeni will work with South Korean and local Indonesian power companies to develop a coal-fired power plant in the Southeast Asian nation -- part of efforts to grow global power operations 40% in three years in part on new projects in the</p> <div class="date-area">May 17, 2016 03:25 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commodities eye</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Crude-looks-tentative-on-new-perch-in-mid-40s">Crude looks tentative on new perch in mid-$40s</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Crude-looks-tentative-on-new-perch-in-mid-40s"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0510t/20160510_kuwait_strike1/4472215-1-eng-GB/20160510_Kuwait_strike1_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> Singapore -- Crude futures touched year-to-date highs in April and held on to most of their gains entering May, despite major OPEC and non-OPEC producers gathered in the Qatari capital of Doha April 17 failing to agree on a production freeze in a la</p> <div class="date-area">May 14, 2016 06:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Supply-outages-US-output-cuts-buoy-oil-prices">Supply outages, US output cuts buoy oil prices</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude has been hovering around $46 a barrel, a six-month high, as U.S. oil production cutbacks shrink the supply glut and leave markets more sensitive to supply disruptions.State-run Saudi Aramco's decision</p> <div class="date-area">May 14, 2016 01:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Saudi-Arabia-s-fight-to-keep-market-share-imperils-production-controls">Saudi Arabia's fight to keep market share imperils production controls</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Saudi-Arabia-s-fight-to-keep-market-share-imperils-production-controls"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0511n/0511n-saudi-aramco/4482416-1-eng-GB/0511N-Saudi-Aramco_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> DUBAI/LONDON -- Saudi Arabia is digging in its heels on using oil production hikes to protect its global market share, threatening to derail measures to stabilize petroleum prices up for discussion at OPEC's June meeting.State-owned petroleum giant </p> <div class="date-area">May 12, 2016 01:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Israel-capitalizes-on-its-technology-chops-to-build-up-trade-with-Asia">Israel capitalizes on its technology chops to build up trade with Asia</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Israel-capitalizes-on-its-technology-chops-to-build-up-trade-with-Asia"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/magazine/20160512/20160506_israel_china/4456805-1-eng-GB/20160506_israel_china_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO Israel is leveraging its technological prowess in communications, defense and cybersecurity to build closer economic ties with Asia.The Middle Eastern nation is looking to reinvigorate its lackluster economy, whose growth rate is hovering be</p> <div class="date-area">May 12, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160512-WEALTHIER-UNHEALTHIER/Politics-Economy/Israel-capitalizes-on-its-technology-chops-to-build-up-trade-with-Asia">Israel capitalizes on its technology chops to build up trade with Asia</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160512-WEALTHIER-UNHEALTHIER/Politics-Economy/Israel-capitalizes-on-its-technology-chops-to-build-up-trade-with-Asia"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/magazine/20160512/20160506_israel_china/4456805-1-eng-GB/20160506_israel_china_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO Israel is leveraging its technological prowess in communications, defense and cybersecurity to build closer economic ties with Asia.The Middle Eastern nation is looking to reinvigorate its lackluster economy, whose growth rate is hovering be</p> <div class="date-area">May 12, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Terror-threat-hits-economies-in-Middle-East-North-Africa">Terror threat hits economies in Middle East, North Africa</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160604154828/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Terror-threat-hits-economies-in-Middle-East-North-Africa"><img src="/web/20160604154828im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0511t/20160511-terror1/4477128-1-eng-GB/20160511-Terror1_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> ISTANBUL -- An unending series of terrorist attacks in the Middle East and North Africa is taking a heavy toll on tourism-driven economies in the regions. 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