Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled a ¥370 trillion ($2.3 trillion) growth strategy targeting 17 strategic sectors by 2040, with major investments in AI and semiconductors. The plan aims t…
Galaxy Corporation announced that its Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul sold out July pre-launch weekend shows after 8,000 reservations, ahead of the September official opening. The venue, billed as the worl…
Japan's government decided Tuesday to establish a new council to overhaul legal frameworks for AI development and use, as part of its 2026 basic policy guidelines. The council will prioritize AI trans…
CIOs must prioritize AI sovereignty as a strategic imperative, moving beyond traditional data residency to end-to-end control over AI lifecycles including data lineage, model training, and infrastruct…
Micron Technology broke ground on a ¥1.5 trillion ($9.6 billion) expansion of its Hiroshima, Japan factory to produce high-bandwidth memory chips for AI applications, with construction starting in May…
China launched a coast guard patrol east of Taiwan amid the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis, escalating grey-zone tactics and raising market concerns over a potential military clash before 2027. The patro…
The Iran war exposed Japan's heavy reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, through which it received over 93% of its oil imports, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration responded by strengthenin…
Kioxia Corporation announced sample shipments of 1 Tb TLC memory devices using its 10th-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology, targeting enterprise and data center SSDs for AI storage. The …
The U.S. government lifted export restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, reversing a sudden ban that disrupted Japanese developers and businesses. The reversal highlights regu…
Asia's factories expanded for a seventh straight month in June, driven by surging demand for AI hardware such as chips and servers, according to PMI data. The growth offset headwinds from the Iran war…
AI-driven demand for chips and data-center equipment pushed manufacturing PMIs above 50 in China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia in June 2026, according to Reuters. However, the…
Japan announced plans to develop a sovereign AI model and deploy 10 million AI-equipped robots across 18 sectors by 2040, investing approximately $6 billion through the Noetra consortium led by SoftBa…
Asia's manufacturing sector expanded in June driven by global AI demand, offsetting economic drag from the Iran war, with China, Japan, and South Korea reporting growth in factory activity due to robu…
Japan approved a new industrial strategy allocating 100 billion yen to rebuild its ship repair capacity, aiming to reduce dependence on China which handles 60% of global ship repairs and most of Japan…
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi unveiled a plan targeting ¥1,100 trillion ($6.8 trillion) nominal GDP by 2040, backed by ¥370 trillion ($2.3 trillion) in investments across 17 sectors including …
The United States, Japan, and South Korea announced a joint initiative to combat North Korea's cryptocurrency crimes, including theft, money laundering, and AI-driven hacking, aiming to disrupt financ…
The US, Japan, and South Korea held their fifth trilateral working group meeting on June 25-26 to coordinate against North Korea's crypto theft operations, which accounted for 76% of global crypto hac…
Chip stocks have more than doubled in the first half of 2026 despite a turbulent period marked by the Iran war and geopolitical tensions, with the U.S. SOX chip index posting its best second quarter o…
China announced the initial scale deployment of embodied AI in complex automotive supply chains, challenging Western dominance in high-value manufacturing. The move aligns with Beijing's 'Made in Chin…
Japan's industry ministry announced ¥387.3 billion in aid for a project led by Noetra to develop a domestic AI foundation model for controlling robots, aiming to catch up with the US and China. SoftBa…