News by subject: ASI

TechTalk Summits today announced it has again expanded its roster of events for IT professionals and executives into Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries plus India. Prompted by the increased growth and popularity of virtual...

Chicago United will present its annual Bridge Awards Celebration to recognize excellence in corporate diversity, equity and inclusion on Nov. 19. The event brings together Chicago's most influential business executives and civic leaders to recognize...

Yext, Inc. , the Search Experience Cloud company, today announced that Yext Answers, its revolutionary site search product, is now available in Japanese. The product's latest language expansion, which is part of Yext's Answers algorithm update...

Today, many Americans will head to the polls to vote in the 2020 election and join nearly 100 million people who have voted early. Asian Americans Advancing Justice ? AAJC and APIAVote are prepared with a toll-free Asian-language hotline,...

The 6th Annual Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) will launch  their special Sneak Screenings series with the online world premiere of Kazakhstan's The Crying Steppe on November 6 ? 8, 2020. Registration is available at:...

DoStuff Media's local property Do312 will always be Chicago's source for finding the best ways to have fun and enjoy the city. But in order to do cool stuff in the future, we need to keep our community safe today. Flu season is here. Wondering...

Harmonic today announced that Trinity Christian Centre, a house of worship in Singapore, has deployed Harmonic's advanced VOS®360 video streaming platform and Veygo's media player for live and on-demand streaming of sermons and events....

Women in Technology (WIT) has named Pyramid Systems' President and Co-Founder Sherry Hwang a 2020 Leadership Awards Small Business/Entrepreneur winner. Sherry was one of five finalists nominated in the category. Annually, the WIT Leadership Awards...

United Chinese Americans (UCA), a national coalition of Chinese-American organizations, denounces in the strongest possible terms the October 26 Newsweek cover story that accuses more than 600 Chinese-American organizations of being "linked to [the]...

Portland Japanese Garden presents art exhibition, "Healing Nature: Gardens and Art of Manzanar" opening Saturday, October 31. The exhibition examines the gardens and art at Manzanar Relocation Center through the lens of three leading...

Cantu Beauty, an award-winning multicultural haircare brand, has teamed up with '25 Black Women In Beauty' (25BWB), to launch a new mentorship program titled "CantuElevate," developed to create roadmaps for success and growth of Black-owned...

As Filipino American History Month draws to a close in October, Entrepinayship, a Fil-Am based global organization dedicated to economic empowerment and the promotion of entrepreneurship for Filipina women worldwide, is set to launch a...

As investors, consumers, employees, and regulators put a brighter spotlight on racial equity, WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation (WCD) is bringing directors together to address the issue from the board perspective ? revealing challenges that have...

The Singles' shopping festival is here, and Ruten Japan will launch the "Singles' Day Flash Sale" event! In addition, during the event, limited members not only get free shipping over $50, but also $5 off by using promotion code at checkout. Event...

Asian Hall of Fame increases cross-cultural collaboration and Asian excellence in mainstream music with their charity album Seasonal Songbook. Proceeds launch the Asian Hall of Fame's Arts for All program that supports trauma, war, and human...

Anticipating a larger-than-ever wave of students transferring across higher education institutions due to COVID-19 and the economic recession, today a diverse group of 25 policy, advocacy, research and institutional membership organizations issued a...

Today, Living Cities and Citi Foundation released a guide for cities across the country to implement systems that work to close racialized wealth gaps during COVID-19 and beyond. You can view the full implementation guide here. On October 27 at...

The Singles' shopping festival is here, and Ruten Japan will launch the "Singles' Day Flash Sale" event! In addition, during the event, limited members not only get free shipping over $50, but also $5 off by using promotion code at checkout. Event...

On October 22, 2020, the opening ceremony of the 25th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair (GILF) theming on "Guzhen Lights up the World" was held grandly at Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province....

Island Pacific Supermarket is a Filipino grocery chain with 16 locations in California and Nevada. October is a busy month for not only for the grocery chain but for Filipinos in America because of Filipino American History Month . There are many...

Homebridge Financial Services, Inc. ("Homebridge") announced today their newest commitments to diversity, inclusion and empowerment for borrowers and employees of the company....

As the 15 Percent Pledge, a non-profit advocacy organization based in the United States with a branch in Canada, continues its mission to advocate for and support Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC)-owned businesses and BIPOC people in the...

An unprecedented finish to an unprecedented festival! The Coalition of South Asian Film Festivals (CoSAFF), the largest South Asian film festival in North America this year, produced by Tasveer, concludes its 15-day-long event by announcing its Jury...

True Search, the fastest growing executive search firm and 7th largest by revenue in North America, today announced the launch of its new sister company AboveBoard, an inclusive executive hiring platform. True co-founded AboveBoard with the goal of...

As China marks its National Poverty Relief Day and United Nation's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, the 128th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) continues to help companies from less-developed regions reach out...

Hong Kong and Singapore have reached an in-principle agreement to establish a bilateral Air Travel Bubble (ATB). This milestone arrangement will help revive cross-border air travel between the two aviation hubs in a safe and progressive way. Hong...

MoneyGram International, Inc., a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, today announced a partnership with PayMaya Philippines to launch a new digital capability that allows customers to send money from the United States to...

On the morning of October 15th, the first online World Youth Congress of Jiangmen was held, with the main venue in Jiangmen, Guangdong and parallel sessions in the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Australia, Malaysia, and Macao SAR of...

Today the Little Free Library® (LFL) nonprofit organization, partnering with Colle McVoy, launched Read in Colortm a timely initiative bringing diverse books to LFL book-sharing boxes around the world.   Little Free...

In commemoration of the upcoming 75th anniversary of the Philippines liberation from Japan at the end of World War II, new novel Imelda's Secret by Liza Gino reveals an underlying and seldom recognized history of this war: "comfort women."...

On Sep 30th, 2020, China Creation Ventures (CCV) announced the final closing of its second USD fund, achieving its hard cap over $300 million. The fund will continue to focus on early to expansion stage investments in China, including cutting-edge...

A former Los Angeles police officer, who previously obtained a jury verdict in his favor in Aug. 2019 against the City of LA on a claim of discrimination, has filed suit again, alleging that he was terminated in direct retaliation over his victory in...

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are the fastest growing demographic in the United States and, historically, among the least politically active. #TheNew, a campaign designed to empower and mobilize young Asian American and Pacific...

iQIYI Inc. ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with WOWOW, Japan's leading premium satellite television station, to release its hit...

Antengene Corporation, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing global first-in-class and/or best-in-class therapeutics in hematology and oncology, and WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio")...

The Ford Foundation today announced it has doubled its funding support for U.S.-based racial justice and civil rights groups with at least $180 million in new funding from the proceeds of the unprecedented sale of $1 billion in social bonds. The new...

Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference honors the significant achievements of women in STEM professions FCA employees consistently have earned important technical professional recognition from various diversity...

FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH DRAWS COMMUNITY AND A-LIST CELEBRITY SUPPORT FOR HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN NON-PROFIT GROUP IN LOS ANGELES Search to Involve Pilipino Americans Debuts Virtual Awards Gala to Raise Funds for Community Programming, New John...

Young voters of color say they are headed to the polls in November because they want to see change around systemic inequality and racism, according to a series of focus groups and findings from a recent poll released today by Advancement Project...

Pipedrive, the leading CRM for sales teams, is taking a leap forward in its Asian expansion strategy by launching its product in Chinese, initially focusing on Taiwan....

nFormation, a first-of-its-kind app-based community for high-achieving women of color (WOC), debuts today, it was announced by Co-Founders Deepa Purushothaman and Rha Goddess. Created by WOC for WOC, nFormation seeks to reimagine traditional power...

To increase positive messages of Asian representation, the 16th Asian Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony opens the new 2020-21 Season on November 21, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. PST....

AVcommunications (AV) has a brand new brand and a bold new message. For all the companies out there that believe marketing to multicultural audiences is an afterthought, and a niche one at that, think again.  Multicultural is mainstream. And their...

With the increasing depletion of the earth's resources, countries worldwide are more determined about green industrial policies. The European Commission adopted the New Circular Economy Action Plan this March. The UK, Japan, and China will draw up a...

The impacts of the recent COVID-19 pandemic on global trade and our daily lives have led to an acceleration of technological innovations in different sectors. At the same time, our society is transitioning from the era of Big Data towards Hyper...

A legal profession powered by technology?that's the bold new vision put forth for the profession's future at the end of TechLaw.Fest 2020. Attracting more than 6,000 registrations from over 100 countries, the event featured more than 50 networking...

Today, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese communities in Canada and around the world celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also known as the Moon Festival.  To mark this special day, families and friends would come together to light...

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival: "Tonight, we join many Asian communities in Canada and around the world to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. "Celebrated on the...

ViiV Healthcare announces its new weekly podcast Being Seen, an in-depth exploration of the role culture plays in resolving how we see ourselves and how we are seen by others. Hosted and narrated by Darnell Moore, award-winning writer and activist,...

California Donor Table announced today that it is moving $5 million ahead of the November elections in progressive candidates and community organizations committed to building long-term power for Black, Indigenous, Latinx and Asian and Pacific...