Asian equities paused on Wednesday as sliding oil prices and falling bond yields signaled cautious optimism over the Strait of Hormuz, while traders braced for Nvidia's second-quarter earnings. Brent …
Japan's Nikkei share average wavered on Monday, with AI-related stocks under pressure ahead of Nvidia's earnings on Wednesday, after Bloomberg reported that Nvidia has notified some customers of AI se…
A Wall Street Journal analysis found that nine major technology companies hold approximately $3 trillion in off-balance-sheet commitments tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure, roughly five t…
Rakuten Group is collaborating with defense AI startup Helsing to bring the German company's military drones to Japan, with the Ground Self-Defense Force conducting field tests through the end of Sept…
A freelance web developer in Japan built a fully automated, rule-based Japanese stock research pipeline using Claude Code, J-Quants, and a macOS cron job. The system, which is forbidden from making pr…
A Nikkei analysis finds that Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle carry approximately $1.65 trillion in hidden debt from AI build-out financing, exceeding their roughly $1.35 trillion in disc…
Japanese shares closed higher on Thursday, with the Topix hitting a record high of 4,176.04, as chip-related stocks tracked US peers higher and a robust earnings outlook lifted sentiment. The Nikkei r…
AI-linked stocks across Asia cratered on Thursday, with South Korea's KOSPI plunging 4% and Japan's Nikkei falling 1.6%, as Wall Street's overnight losses rekindled fears that massive AI spending may …
Kioxia Holdings Corporation reported record first fiscal 2026 quarter revenue of ¥1.77 trillion ($11 billion), up 415.5% year-over-year, and record profit of ¥842.2 billion ($5.3 billion), up 4,509%, …
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned imports of new foreign 'advanced robotic devices' and internet-connected Chinese power inverters, effective July 28, 2026, to protect the US AI b…
A global selloff in semiconductor stocks on July 27-28, led by a 5% drop in Nvidia and an 8.5% decline in ASML, has raised doubts about the sustainability of AI-related capital expenditures, with Sout…
Japan's Nikkei share average fell 3.95% to 62,364.92 on Tuesday, its lowest close since May 21, as chip-related stocks followed US peers lower ahead of big tech earnings. The broader Topix fell 2.52% …
Asian markets fell sharply as AI-linked anxiety triggered a tech selloff, with South Korea's KOSPI and Japan's Nikkei suffering steep losses amid concerns over capital requirements and valuation press…
Sydkoreas Kospi rasar nära 10 procent i en bred utförsäljning av AI- och halvledaraktier, enligt Bloomberg. Vey-Sern Ling, vd på Union Bancaire Privée, säger att girighet har förvandlats till rädsla f…
A Nikkei study reveals that five leading U.S. tech companies have amassed approximately $1.65 trillion in off-balance-sheet liabilities as of July 2026, primarily from AI data center investments, exce…
Hidden debt at five major U.S. tech companies — Meta, Oracle, and others — surged eightfold to an estimated $1.65 trillion over roughly four years as AI investments ballooned, a Nikkei study shows, su…
The Nikkei stock average plunged over 4,100 points Friday afternoon, falling 6.18% to 62,704.60, driven by selling in semiconductor and AI-related stocks after declines in their U.S. counterparts. A b…
Asian equities dropped on Thursday, led by a 4.5% decline in South Korea's Kospi, as a sell-off in semiconductor stocks revived concerns about the sustainability of the artificial intelligence trade. …
China played a highly visible role at the first UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva on July 6-7, 2026, signaling its expanding influence over international AI rulemaking. The nonbinding disc…
China's new rules banning AI companion services for minors take effect July 15, 2026, prohibiting sustained emotional interaction or virtual companions for minors. ByteDance and Alibaba are already di…