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They were "immigrants,</p> <div class="date-area">June 2, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Japan-remains-Asia-s-No.-1-venue-for-major-conferences">Japan remains Asia's No. 1 venue for major conferences</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Japan-remains-Asia-s-No.-1-venue-for-major-conferences"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201606/0601n/0601n-conference/4590809-1-eng-GB/0601N-conference_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Japan played host to 355 international conferences last year, 18 more than in 2014 and a new record, marking the fourth straight year the country reigns as Asia's top venue.A gathering counts as an international conference if no fewer than </p> <div class="date-area">June 2, 2016 05:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Intel-does-not-fear-challengers-in-server-chip-market">Intel does not fear challengers in server chip market</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Intel-does-not-fear-challengers-in-server-chip-market"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201606/0601n/0601n-intel/4591397-1-eng-GB/0601N-intel_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- A senior Intel executive said Wednesday that the world's biggest semiconductor company will continue to lead the game in both the data center market and in advanced chip processing technology due to the unrivaled scale of its investment in</p> <div class="date-area">June 2, 2016 01:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Guy-de-Jonquieres-UK-Brexit-s-muddled-economics">Guy de Jonquieres -- UK Brexit's muddled economics</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Guy-de-Jonquieres-UK-Brexit-s-muddled-economics"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201606/20160601/20160601_brexit_ap/4586275-1-eng-GB/20160601_brexit_ap_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> "Let's take back control!" is the battle cry of campaigners urging Britain's electorate to vote to leave the European Union in the June 23 referendum. Only by cutting loose from the EU and restoring the Westminster parliament as the country's suprem</p> <div class="date-area">June 1, 2016 02:45 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Exclusive</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Chips-are-up-for-cheap-smartphones-ARM-CEO-says">Chips are up for cheap smartphones, ARM CEO says</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Chips-are-up-for-cheap-smartphones-ARM-CEO-says"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0531n/0531n-segars/4584534-1-eng-GB/0531N-Segars_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TAIPEI -- While global smartphone demand is growing more slowly, the rise of low-cost smartphones benefits both consumers and chip designer ARM Holdings, its chief executive argues.Simon Segars expressed confidence on Tuesday that the British compan</p> <div class="date-area">June 1, 2016 02:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/HNA-flies-swiftly-with-Virgin-Australia-Air-France-KLM-TAP-Portugal-deals">HNA flies swiftly with Virgin Australia, Air France-KLM, TAP Portugal deals</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/HNA-flies-swiftly-with-Virgin-Australia-Air-France-KLM-TAP-Portugal-deals"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0531t/20160531_virgin/4580337-1-eng-GB/20160531_virgin_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> HONG KONG -- Acquisitive Chinese tourism conglomerate HNA Group is building its aviation empire at full throttle. The company, based in the southern Chinese island of Hainan, is set to scoop up three aviation-related assets in Europe and the Asia-Pa</p> <div class="date-area">June 1, 2016 02:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Exclusive</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Nippon-Steel-seeks-to-carve-up-Brazil-s-Usiminas">Nippon Steel seeks to carve up Brazil's Usiminas</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Nippon-Steel-seeks-to-carve-up-Brazil-s-Usiminas"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0531n/0531n-usiminas/4583859-1-eng-GB/0531N-Usiminas_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal intends to hold talks on dividing the production assets of struggling Brazilian affiliate Usiminas with Ternium, a fellow shareholder with which the Japanese steelmaker disagrees over plans for turning the unit</p> <div class="date-area">June 1, 2016 02:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/AIA-Prudential-others-weigh-bids-for-Thai-SCB-s-insurance-unit-stake-sources">AIA, Prudential, others weigh bids for Thai SCB's insurance unit stake -- sources</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) -- AIA Group and Britain's Prudential PLC are among insurers considering bids to buy at least 49 percent of the $3 billion insurance unit of Thai lender Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), people with direct knowledge of the ma</p> <div class="date-area">May 31, 2016 08:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Japan-may-join-crackdown-on-Chinese-steel-exports">Japan may join crackdown on Chinese steel exports</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Japan-may-join-crackdown-on-Chinese-steel-exports"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0530n/0530n-china-steel/4577696-1-eng-GB/0530N-China-steel_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Japan looks to join the U.S. and European Union in imposing anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese steel exports, though findings that domestic steelmakers have not been substantially harmed could make such measures difficult to justify.Leaders at</p> <div class="date-area">May 31, 2016 01:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Nicholas-Spiro-G7-summit-reveals-limits-to-monetary-policy">Nicholas Spiro -- G7 summit reveals limits to monetary policy</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Nicholas-Spiro-G7-summit-reveals-limits-to-monetary-policy"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0531t/0526-g7-group-photo-3/4561603-1-eng-GB/0526-G7-group-photo-3_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> Sharp differences of opinion surfaced ahead of last week's G7 summit, with the U.S. Treasury warning Japan not to use this year's strength in the yen as a pretext to intervene to weaken the currency and Tokyo insisting that its currency's net gains </p> <div class="date-area">May 31, 2016 10:40 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/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/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Soccer-coming-home-as-Adidas-returns-to-Germany">Soccer coming home as Adidas returns to Germany</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Soccer-coming-home-as-Adidas-returns-to-Germany"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0530t/20160530_adidas_robot/4575637-1-eng-GB/20160530_adidas_robot_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> FRANKFURT, Germany -- Sportswear manufacturer Adidas has decided to resume mass production of shoes in Germany, marking a return to its home country for the first time in 24 years.The decision is the last act of CEO Herbert Hainer before he steps do</p> <div class="date-area">May 30, 2016 07:05 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Japan-Trends/As-it-turns-400-Japanese-porcelain-seeks-third-global-boom">As it turns 400, Japanese porcelain seeks third global boom</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Japan-Trends/As-it-turns-400-Japanese-porcelain-seeks-third-global-boom"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0524t/20160524_arita/4541964-1-eng-GB/20160524_Arita_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> SAGA, Japan -- As Japan celebrates the 400th anniversary of the birth of Arita porcelain this year, local kilns and businesses are stepping up efforts to revive the industry after a stagnant quarter century.Arita porcelain, the first type to be made</p> <div class="date-area">May 29, 2016 01:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Guntram-Wolff-The-three-dangers-of-Brexit">Guntram Wolff -- The three dangers of Brexit</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Guntram-Wolff-The-three-dangers-of-Brexit"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0524t/20160524_brexit_woman/4542267-1-eng-GB/20160524_Brexit_woman_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> As the June 23 U.K. referendum on European Union membership approaches, the outcome looks more uncertain than ever. Some polls show a slight lead for the remain camp, while others show the opposite. Previous experience suggests that the outcome of r</p> <div class="date-area">May 29, 2016 07:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Chris-Patten-A-post-referendum-agenda-for-Britain">Chris Patten -- A post-referendum agenda for Britain</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> LONDON -- The end of the wretched campaign to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union against the advice of our friends around the world is less than a month away.The Brexiteers, as they have come to be called, deny all evidence of the eco</p> <div class="date-area">May 29, 2016 02:27 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Equivocal-G-7-statement-will-do-little-good-for-growth">Equivocal G-7 statement will do little good for growth</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Equivocal-G-7-statement-will-do-little-good-for-growth"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0527n/0527n-g7/4568563-1-eng-GB/0527N-G7_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- The Group of Seven will work together using all available tools to keep the global economy from stagnating, the leaders of those nations asserted Friday after their summit. But the decision to leave the details of carrying out that strategy</p> <div class="date-area">May 28, 2016 06:30 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/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/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Obama-s-nuclear-free-ideals-face-tough-reality-check"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/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/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/G-7-stirs-China-s-ire-with-statement-on-disputed-waters">G-7 stirs China's ire with statement on disputed waters</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BEIJING -- The Chinese government took exception Friday to the Group of Seven's expression of concern about tensions in the East China Sea and South China Sea."China is strongly dissatisfied with what Japan and the G-7 have done," said Hua Chunying,</p> <div class="date-area">May 28, 2016 04:44 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Key-points-from-G-7-summit-communique">Key points from G-7 summit communique</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Key-points-from-G-7-summit-communique"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0527t/20160527_g7_round_table/4565827-1-eng-GB/20160527_g7_round_table_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> G-7 leaders agreed a closing statement after meeting in the Japanese region of Ise-Shima on Thursday and Friday. Following are key points from the text:World Economy: Global growth is our urgent priority. Taking into account country-specific circums</p> <div class="date-area">May 27, 2016 02:45 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/G-7-summit-in-Ise-Shima/Gender-infrastructure-feature-heavily-in-G-7-declaration">Gender, infrastructure feature heavily in G-7 declaration</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160602041639/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/G-7-summit-in-Ise-Shima/Gender-infrastructure-feature-heavily-in-G-7-declaration"><img src="/web/20160602041639im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0527t/20160527_summitleaders/4565650-1-eng-GB/20160527_SummitLeaders_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- The Group of Seven summit, which closes on Friday, adopted the Ise-Shima Leaders' Declaration and six appendices, reflecting the agenda pushed forward by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Women's empowerment and the promotion of 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