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TOKYO -- As demand for electric vehicles cools, the global supply of EV batteries is on track to be more than three times demand, Nikkei has found, creating headwinds for efforts by countries such as ...
BEIJING -- Leading municipalities in China are seeking to achieve at least 70% self-sufficiency in artificial intelligence chips by 2027, looking to redraw a national supply chain dominated by U.S.
TOKYO -- Japanese automakers are passing some of the expense of U.S. tariffs through to American car buyers, a change from their strategy of absorbing the impact, new data shows.
HONG KONG -- Baidu's online advertising revenue fell 15% to 16.2 billion yuan ($2.26 billion) in the April-June quarter, as subdued demand in China's ad market and the emergence of new competitors ...
JAKARTA -- Indonesia's central bank announced a surprise cut to its policy rate on Wednesday, citing the need to accelerate the economy amid tariff threats.
TOKYO -- Japan and South Korea will allow their citizens to obtain working holiday visas twice, ending the current one-time limit, Nikkei has learned. The neighbors aim to encourage more young people ...
(Reuters) -- Hong Kong's stock exchange operator said on Wednesday its first-half profit rose almost 40% to a record 8.52 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.09 billion), driven by a sharp increase in daily ...
Mandeep Dhaliwal is director of the HIV and Health Group at the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP). Osamu Kunii is chief executive officer and executive director at the Tokyo-based Global Health ...
TOKYO -- Major stock markets in Asia were weaker Wednesday as investor sentiment turned negative following a tech selloff in the U.S.
TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for closer ties between Africa and countries around the Indian Ocean and promised more investment in the region.
SINGAPORE/TOKYO -- Incidents of piracy and armed robbery have roughly quadrupled this year around the straits of Malacca and Singapore, key Southeast Asian shipping lanes that have seen an uptick in ...
ISLAMABAD -- The U.S. government has designated an anti-China militant group in Pakistan as a terrorist organization in a rare move that analysts say is likely to support Beijing and Islamabad's ...