Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law

asia.nikkei.com HO CHI MINH CITY -- Alibaba plans to build a data center in Vietnam to store data locally in compliance with legal requirements, while it currently relies on…

U.S. law firm Mayer Brown prepares split from Chinese operations

asia.nikkei.com HONG KONG/NEW YORK -- American law firm Mayer Brown is set to carve out its Hong Kong operation amid U.S.-China tensions and an economic downturn on the mainland, Nikkei…

Taiwan hails U.S.-Japan-Philippines ties as 'great deterrent' to China

asia.nikkei.com TAIPEI -- Security cooperation between Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. will help deter China's military expansionism in the region, Taiwan's top diplomat said in an…

Tech Latest: Google faces antitrust crackdown in Japan

asia.nikkei.com Tech Latest by Nikkei Asia brings you the newest updates from Asia's technology industry. In this episode, Jada Nagumo is talking to Tokyo correspondent Ryohtaroh Satoh…

Nintendo Switch 2 Preview: Everything You Need to Know

decrypt.co The Switch is Nintendo’s best-selling home console of all time, and widely beloved for its rich library of games—a dramatic turn from the middling Wii U before it. But it’s…

Tesla to work with Baidu in push to offer self-driving tech in China

asia.nikkei.com HONG KONG -- Tesla is moving closer to introducing its self-driving system in China, the U.S. automaker's biggest overseas market, following founder Elon Musk's surprise…

Amid Elon Musk's Visit To Beijing For FSD Push, China Is Eyeing 'Economical' Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles As Next Alternative For Green Energy Transition

benzinga.com Tesla TSLA CEO Elon Musk recently wrapped up his visit to China, sparking speculation about the introduction of the full-self driving (FSD) system in the country. However,…

Thailand taps former diplomat as foreign minister after Parnpree quits

asia.nikkei.com BANGKOK -- When the new cabinet lineup for Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's seven-month-old government was released on Sunday morning, nothing was surprising except…

Cambodian conglomerate lures ASEAN money to drive nation's growth

asia.nikkei.com SINGAPORE -- Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation, a family-owned conglomerate with a diverse business portfolio from retail to property, is looking for Southeast Asian…

Malaysian chip-focused venture fund to invest in over 10 startups

asia.nikkei.com KUALA LUMPUR -- A new Malaysian venture capital firm focused on the semiconductor industry plans to invest in more than 10 startups through its $209 million fund, hoping to…

Apple's latest supplier list shows the challenges the company is facing in diversifying its supply chain, as its Chinese suppliers grew from 48 to 52 in 2023

asia.nikkei.com TAIPEI -- Apple is deepening its ties with China even as it further expands production in Southeast Asia and India, highlighting the balancing act the iPhone maker is…

Blinken meets Xi in Beijing to ease escalating tensions

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the South China Morning Post and Nikkei Asia The News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in…

Japan struggles to nail down date for Biden-Kishida follow-up

asia.nikkei.com WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has pushed back plans to hold crucial defense meetings with Japan that were set to follow April's bilateral summit where the two countries' leaders…

Google to expand hardware R&D team in Taiwan

asia.nikkei.com NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan -- Google is expanding its research and development hub for hardware in Taiwan as the American search engine giant doubles down on its commitment to…

China's edge in flying cars and an Asian tag-team in AI

asia.nikkei.com Hello everyone, this is Cissy from Hong Kong. When I was at the CES trade show in Las Vegas earlier this year and wrote a story about Chinese EV maker Xpeng's big ambition…

US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases

zerohedge.com US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile…

Samsung workers threaten biggest ever union action

asia.nikkei.com Tech Latest by Nikkei Asia brings you the newest updates from Asia's technology industry. In this episode, Alice French talks to Seoul correspondent Kim Jaewon, about how…

SoftBank will reportedly invest nearly $1 billion in AI push, tapping Nvidia's chips

cnbc.com Signage at a SoftBank Corp. store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank is looking to develop a…

Japan's Turing eyes 2025 self-driving trial in challenge to Tesla

asia.nikkei.com TOKYO -- A Japanese startup aiming to "overtake Tesla" says it plans to test fully autonomous driving by 2025, much earlier than it had initially forecast, as advances in…

Semiconductor Giant ASML Has a New Boss, and a Big Problem

wired.com When Christophe Fouquet takes over as CEO of Europe’s most valuable tech company on April 24, he will inherit not only a single firm, but also the leadership of an entire…

India Seen Overhauling Japan as World’s No4 Economy

asiafinancial.com According to the IMF, India is also expected to overtake Germany to become the world’s third-largest economic power by 2027 India is on track to overtake Japan as the…

Can Japan's manga industry replicate Akira Toriyama's success?

asia.nikkei.com TOKYO -- While the Japanese manga industry is increasingly catering to global and digital native audiences, experts say nurturing the next generation of artists who could…

Philippine-U.S. drills, South Korea GDP, Beijing revives auto show

asia.nikkei.com Welcome to Your Week in Asia. It's a busy week of diplomacy as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to China while the U.S. and Philippines are kicking off joint…

Malaysian trade minister touts 'neutrality' to grow chip industry

asia.nikkei.com KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's geopolitical neutrality and strategic positioning are key selling points to multinational semiconductor companies looking for investment…

Japan studies Israel's air defense success with eye on Indo-Pacific

asia.nikkei.com WASHINGTON -- Japanese defense officials have told Nikkei Asia that they watched how Israel fended off 99% of incoming Iranian projectiles last weekend and are simulating…

Wall St ‘Steered Billions Into Blacklisted China Firms’

asiafinancial.com Chinese companies invested in included the Aviation Industry Corp of China, a defence conglomerate that makes aircraft for the PLA Major US financial institutions helped…

Myanmar regime sends Russian aircraft to bomb lost territory

asia.nikkei.com BANGKOK -- From their perch in Thailand, air force officers track radar blips of the busy skies above neighboring Myanmar, where Russian-made fighter jets and helicopter…

Japan's small EV battery suppliers feel the heat in race for scale

asia.nikkei.com TOKYO -- Smaller companies play a big role in Japan's electric vehicle battery supply chain, indirectly supporting the likes of Toyota Motor and Tesla. But many are…

Huawei's latest surprise and an unexpected avatar

asia.nikkei.com Hi everyone! This is Lauly from Taipei, still recovering from the mental shock of the biggest earthquake to hit Taiwan since 1999. The tech supply chain on the island, which…

Nokia cuts orders with China-listed supplier as U.S. pushes 'clean network'

asia.nikkei.com TAIPEI -- Nokia, the world's second-largest telecom equipment maker after Huawei Technologies, is stepping up efforts to reduce its supply chain exposure to China amid…

Oracle to Spend $8 Billion in Japan on Cloud Services, AI

asiafinancial.com Oracle has said it will make investments totalling more than $8 billion over the next 10 years to meet demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI)…

New Zealand aircraft maker eyes Thailand as ASEAN service hub

asia.nikkei.com BANGKOK -- New Zealand aircraft maker NZAero will scale up its maintenance and repair operations in Thailand as it looks to turn the country into a Southeast Asian service…