Entrepreneurs

Trend of foreigners leaving Japan may ‘accelerate’ under tighter visa rules

Rules to obtain permanent residency in Japan have also tightened recently.

Grungy to gorgeous: Millennial hotelier rewrites Selegie story with Varel Singapore

Chinese-Indonesian developer Vinson Keefe of the new Varel Singapore hotel comes from a Surabaya business family.

Less than a year old, Aallss is the rising Singaporean handbag brand to watch

Singaporean Alison Lim left her eight-year career in tech to start minimalist handbag label AALLSS.

This Singaporean ex-trader built a viral handbag brand in the US. Now she’s ready to bring it home

Joanna Lau’s (left) handbag label Jemma enjoyed some social media virality two years back, when a video from a New Jersey-based micro-influencer reviewing its Emma 39 bag reached 10 million views.

Toyota ex-chief Okuda, pioneer of the Prius, dies at 93

Japan’s former Toyota Motor Corp President Hiroshi Okuda sitting in the driver’s seat of the newly developed Prius on Oct 14, 1997.

Branded Content

Funding, mentors, a foothold in Asia: What Hong Kong is offering young innovators

EuroTech x HKTE Hackathon finalists standing in a group together

Tastemakers

After losing $90,000 on a Bangkok restaurant at 25, Mervyn Chua now runs two Singapore eateries

Mervyn Chua opened MM Diner in Ridgewood Close for $20,000.

America has become an entrepreneur’s paradise

Since the beginning of 2024 an average of 466,000 Americans have applied to start a business each month, according to data from the Census Bureau.

Me & My Money: From construction painter to EV charger firm founder

Sathiyamoorthy Nagarajan (left), a power systems specialist from India, partnered with Singaporean engineer Lai Yuan Weng to set up MNL Solutions, which delivers sustainable EV charging solutions for homes, condos, commercial and industrial sites.

These young professionals in Singapore left stable jobs to sell pasta, pastries and Chinese tea

(Clockwise from left) Saikyo Pasta’s husband-and-wife duo Arya Masagung and Angeline Chandraatmadja, Daily Fruit’s S. Aiswarya and Yecha’s Vincent Tay.

E-paper

Newsletters

Podcasts

RSS Feed

About Us

Terms & Conditions

Personal Data Protection Notice

Need help? Reach us here.

Advertise with us

MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.