Japan's Cabinet adopted a 598-page defense paper on Tuesday stating that the country must adapt to new warfare methods involving artificial intelligence and drones, as demonstrated in Ukraine and the …
The United States imposed fresh tariffs on 60 economies, including China, Japan, South Korea, India and European Union member states, on June 24, hours before a temporary 10 per cent blanket levy was …
Japan's manufacturing output expanded in July at its fastest pace in more than 12 years, with the S&P Global Japan Manufacturing PMI at 54.5, marking the seventh consecutive month of expansion. New or…
A coalition of 19 government agencies from nine countries, including the United States, South Korea, Japan, and the United Kingdom, warned on Friday that North Korean IT workers are using artificial i…
Wall Street ended higher on the back of a strong chip stock rally after Microsoft's upbeat earnings reinforced confidence in the AI story, while Meta tumbled after reporting a major decline in free ca…
Nvidia and OpenAI have held talks to spend roughly US$500 billion on a 10-gigawatt data centre in southern Ohio, potentially the largest such project by power capacity globally, with funding from Japa…
China's Ministry of Commerce condemned the US for new Section 301 tariffs of 12.5% on Chinese goods, calling them a textbook act of unilateralism and protectionism, but signaled it will hold off on re…
AI-related demand, robust household spending and a weaker-than-expected drag from the Middle East conflict are expected to boost growth in the Asean+3 economies to 4.1% in 2026, up from a previous for…
Goldman Sachs says artificial intelligence exposure is becoming a genuine driver of foreign exchange performance across Asia, adding complexity that traditional models weren't built for. The bank rele…
A July 26, 2026 post on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University aggregates national security and Korean news, including analysis of potential U.S. nuclear targets in Iran beyond the previously …
ASEAN and Japan adopted a Joint Declaration of the Dialogue for Innovative and Sustainable Growth (DISG) Task Force to strengthen supply chain resilience, economic security, and energy transition amid…
Countries must navigate the AI revolution by inserting themselves into the five layers of the 'AI cake' described by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang: energy, chips, infrastructure and datacenters, software, a…
Japan is establishing artificial intelligence dialogue frameworks with India, Malaysia, and other like-minded countries to reduce reliance on top US and Chinese AI firms and promote domestic companies…
A Robert Walters survey of nearly 5,000 professionals in 10 Asian markets found that only 67% of Singapore professionals and 66% of Hong Kong professionals believe AI will positively affect their care…
Asia's best-performing environmental fund, the BNP Paribas Green Tigers Fund, has increased exposure to Japan, betting on its technology sector to help solve the AI industry's surging power demands. T…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared that 'Japan is Back,' backing a newly formed sovereign AI consortium of 44 Japanese companies called Noestra and positioning Japan's reviving nuclear capacity as a str…
Japan is advancing its artificial intelligence capabilities with a new national strategy, while Taiwan is pursuing ambitious space technology goals, including satellite launches and lunar exploration,…
Speak is doubling down on South Korea as the launchpad for its AI-powered English learning platform, with the country serving as its most strategically important market and a proving ground for global…
Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday following a Wall Street rally, with Japan's Nikkei 225 climbing 1.9% to 67,511.12 and South Korea's Kospi surging 4.6% to 7,061.36, even as Brent crude oil rose $1.0…
The US and its allies must adopt a whole-of-supply-chain strategy to break China's dominance over rare earths and critical minerals essential for AI technology, US Undersecretary of State for Economic…