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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks after attending the AI Ecosystem Reception in Tokyo on July 16.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 12, 2026
Nvidia¡¯s show of financial force soothes credit markets
Six of the biggest names in finance are helping Nvidia?ease some of the investor anxiety that¡¯s been building for weeks over its swelling commitments to backstop the AI boom.
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia, mingles with members of the media while he was out visiting a local restaurant in Tokyo on July 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2026
At Jensen Huang¡¯s favorite Japan pub, it¡¯s not last call yet
Huang¡¯s fans have flocked to Yakiton Sankichi, which is now apologizing to customers for slow service due to an explosion in popularity.
Artificial intelligence at times sees power usage spike as much as 50% above its design capacity.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 6, 2026
AI¡¯s volatile power demand is damaging its own data centers
Power increments equivalent to the consumption of cities can appear and disappear within seconds, creating repeated shocks that connected equipment struggles to absorb.
An Alibaba Cloud AI Tech Day event in Kuala Lumpur in February 2025. Malaysia has emerged as an unlikely winner in the race to build AI infrastructure.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 3, 2026
AI and chips are turning Malaysia into Asia¡¯s growth standout
Malaysia¡¯s emergence as an artificial-intelligence manufacturing hub marks a striking turnaround for the country.
Meta has deployed an "AI Info" label on its Instagram and Facebook platforms for posts using artificial intelligence technology, ahead of the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules entering into force.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 28, 2026
New EU rules set to aid transparency over artificial intelligence content
The goal is to ensure Europeans immediately know whether the online content they see is real or fake.
The release of Moonshot¡¯s Kimi K3 model upended assumptions that Chinese AI capabilities were meaningfully behind U.S. leaders such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2026
White House official says Moonshot accessed banned Nvidia chips
The official claimed the Chinese company violated U.S. export control rules and companies¡¯ terms of service to build its product.
Hironobu Tamba, president of Noetra
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2026
Japan to buy Nvidia Rubin chips to build an AI for robots
The Noetra initiative is part of a series of efforts by the government to lower its reliance on foreign technology and bolster national security.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is visiting Japan this week to drum up more business and excitement around the potential of artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2026
Nvidia expands Toyota AI partnership for smart cities and factories
Extending the reach of AI beyond the data center and integrating it directly into devices and machines is an industrywide focus this year.
China had previously restricted the import of Nvidia's H200 chips on concerns that a flood of American-designed AI processors would hinder the government¡¯s long-held goal of developing an indigenous chip industry.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 9, 2026
Beijing to let Chinese AI companies buy Nvidia H200 chips
The companies need to say how many chips they need ¡ª and why ¡ª to get approval.
DeepSeek is designing its own chip for inference, the stage of artificial intelligence computing in which a trained model generates responses for users, ?sources said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 8, 2026
China¡¯s DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say
If successful, DeepSeek¡¯s expansion into semiconductor development would mark a major strategic shift for a company widely hailed in China as the country¡¯s AI ?champion.
The raiding of Super Micro Computer?offices and several of its local affiliates mark an expansion of Taiwan¡¯s first public crackdown on artificial intelligence chip diversion after years of pressure from Washington.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2026
Taiwan raids Super Micro in widening China chip smuggling probe
The raids mark an expansion of Taiwan¡¯s first public crackdown on artificial intelligence chip diversion after years of pressure from Washington.
A GMO AI and Robotics humanoid robot performs a dance at an international exhibition at Tokyo Big Sight in December.? 

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COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 24, 2026
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ manufacturing sector and the race for physical AI
Turning industrial strength into leadership in the next AI frontier.
People stand near humanoid robots on display at the Nvidia booth during the China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) in Beijing, China June 22, 2026.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 23, 2026
Nvidia seeks to make humanoid AI robots safer around humans
The chipmaker is offering software and semiconductors that will allow humanoids to truly interact with people ¡ª even making physical contact if necessary.
An attendee inspects a silicon wafer at the Computex 2026 expo in Taipei.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 10, 2026
Taiwan eyes curbs on AI chip sales to China to align with U.S.
The move would mark an effort to address semiconductor smuggling but risks drawing a rebuke from Beijing.
Jensen Huang (right), chief executive officer of Nvidia, and Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, during a news conference at the SK Group headquarters in Seoul on Monday
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 8, 2026
Nvidia clinches deals with South Korean giants including SK Group to advance AI boom
The agreement, which comes as memory chipmakers have been straining to keep up with ?demand, would enable supply to keep pace with Nvidia¡¯s plans.
Samsung Electronics workers chant slogans during a rally ahead of a planned strike outside the company's semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on April 23.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2026
Do Âé¶¹´«Ã½ chip workers need a Samsung-style strike?
Even as Tokyo firms prepare to award customary summer bonuses, there will be nothing on the scale that South Korean companies are offering.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang leaves the SK Hynix booth during the annual Computex exhibition in Taipei on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2026
Nvidia CEO mounts charm push in South Korea with TV talk show and baseball appearances
Jensen Huang is returning to South Korea with a charm offensive that reflects the country¡¯s rising importance in AI chips, robotics and the next wave of physical AI.
Nvidia components on display at the GTC conference in San Jose, California, on March 17. More than 25 Chinese universities and labs that collaborate with China¡¯s military and defense industry have been identified to either be already using or seeking to obtain older-generation Nvidia chips.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 2, 2026
Chinese labs with ties to military seeking Nvidia¡¯s AI chips
At least seven Chinese universities that support the country¡¯s armed forces and defense industry are seeking access to Nvidia¡¯s H200 chips.
An attendee tries a robot eye-hand coordination tool at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China, in April.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2026
China¡¯s long march to technological supremacy
No wonder the World Intellectual Property Organization now ranks China among the world¡¯s most innovative economies ¡ª especially in terms of knowledge and technology outputs.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the RTX Spark Superchip, a combination of microprocessor and graphics chip that will run the Windows for Arm operating system, at the Nvidia GTC conference on the sidelines of Computex 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 1, 2026
Nvidia enters Windows PC market, taking on Intel and AMD
Its new RTX Spark Superchip will debut this fall in laptops and desktops running the Windows for Arm operating system from brands including Dell and Lenovo.

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