Asia Leaders
Asia Leaders
Reporting on the Asian leaders shaping business, technology, health, culture and science.
Asia Leaders
Mitsuko Tottori Must Make Japan Airlines Safer and Less Dependent on the Airline Cycle
By InfluenceAsia Editorial Desk
Shuntaro Furukawa Won the Switch 2 Launch. The Second Year Will Define Its Economics
By InfluenceAsia Editorial Desk
Nithin Kamath Built Zerodha for a Boom. Regulation Is Testing the Model in Reverse
By InfluenceAsia Editorial Desk
Ravi Kumar S Has Restarted Cognizant’s Growth. The AI Builder Strategy Must Now Deepen It
By InfluenceAsia Editorial Desk
Chung Shin-a Has Restored Kakao’s Operating Momentum. The Agentic AI Bet Is More Difficult
Kakao is again growing with discipline. Chung Shin-a’s next task is to make AI useful across the group while keeping incentives, data and accountability under control.
Akira Shimada Is Recasting NTT for an AI World That Cannot Afford AI’s Energy Bill
NTT’s IOWN vision addresses the power and latency constraints of AI. Akira Shimada now has to convert that technological logic into profitable, repeatable infrastructure economics.
Salil Parekh Must Let AI Disrupt Infosys Before It Disrupts the Services Model
Infosys is financially resilient but entering a structural transition. Salil Parekh must use AI to improve client economics without allowing productivity to shrink his own revenue base.
Shantanu Narayen Has Adobe’s AI Growth. Now He Must Prove It Deepens the Moat
Adobe’s record results show that AI demand is real. Shantanu Narayen must now turn adoption into durable pricing power and a broader customer base.
C. Vijayakumar Is Betting HCLTech’s Engineering DNA on Owning More of the AI Stack
HCLTech is moving from AI services into infrastructure. C. Vijayakumar must prove that ownership creates differentiation without weakening the disciplined economics of the group.
Hans Patuwo Has Taken GoTo Into Profit. The Harder Test Is Making It Durable
Hans Patuwo has inherited a more disciplined GoTo. His task is to turn a first net profit into a durable model for consumers, merchants, drivers and shareholders.
Shanghai Medical School Investigates Undisclosed Death in Gene-Therapy Trial
A Shanghai medical school is investigating an undisclosed patient death tied in reports to an experimental gene-therapy procedure.
Japan Logs Fifth Straight ‘Cruelly Hot Day’ as Heat Risks Escalate
Japan recorded a fifth consecutive day above its new 40°C extreme-heat threshold, the longest such streak since comparable records began in 2010.
