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Kioxia¡¯s largest shareholder is now an investment group with ties to rival SK Hynix after Toshiba scaled back its holdings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2026
Kioxia says investment vehicle for SK Hynix is top shareholder
South Korea¡¯s SK Hynix holds bonds that can be converted into ¡°substantially all¡± of the voting rights of BCPE Pangea Cayman2.
Intel Corp. signage during the Braveheart Bio Inc. initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Aug. 6
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 11, 2026
Intel is said to near share sale upsize to raise $20 billion
The chipmaker is poised to price the offering at around $95 per share or above ¡ª a third more than it was targeting when it announced the deal Monday morning.
The Rapidus semiconductor foundry construction site in Chitose, Hokkaido Prefecture, in December 2023. The state-backed company is attempting a high-risk, high-cost leap into making the world¡¯s most advanced chips to revive the nation's tech industry.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 4, 2025
What TSMC and Shakespeare can teach Â鶹´«Ã½ Rapidus
If Rapidus pulls it off, though, this moonshot could rewrite the history of Â鶹´«Ã½ tech industry.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at the 2023 U.S. Business Day and Taiwan-U.S. Supply Chain Partnership Forum in Taipei. Taiwan's leadership is advocating for a supply chain initiative among democratic nations that reduces reliance on China.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2025
How Taiwan¡¯s ¡®nonred¡¯ supply chain might work
Proposed as an alternative to China-dominated supply chains, the initiative urges democracies to cooperate in securing advanced manufacturing supply chains.
China is reshaping its AI strategy by backing domestic chipmakers and pushing startups to raise funds through stock markets, with the goal of reducing reliance on Nvidia and creating self-sufficient supply chains.
COMMENTARY
Aug 28, 2025
China gets closer to finding its own Nvidia
Cambricon has become a stock market darling, precisely because investors recognize China has a good chance to take market share in inference chips.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing faces serious threats from attempted trade secret theft and U.S. tariff uncertainty, but its technological dominance and strategic importance keep Taiwan¡¯s ¡°silicon shield¡± intact ¡ª for now.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2025
Espionage and tariffs can¡¯t tarnish TSMC¡¯s crown
It¡¯s been a long week for the world¡¯s largest chipmaker. But it¡¯s still selling the shovels during an AI gold rush.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote at Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, on March 18.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 29, 2025
Nvidia eases concerns about China with upbeat sales forecast
¡°Every nation now sees AI as core to the next industrial revolution,¡± CEO Jensen Huang said on a conference call with analysts.
It¡¯s easy to forget that not too long ago, the horse was crucial to the way wars were fought and daily life was lived, echoing today¡¯s reliance on semiconductors.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2025
A history of globalization on horseback
The animal has been part of Western imagination since Paleolithic humans painted the Lascaux caves around 20,000 years ago.
Teck Resources signage during the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto, Canada, on March 2, 2020
WORLD / Politics
Dec 4, 2024
Canada mining group uses China ban to push back on Trump¡¯s tariffs
Trade tensions with the U.S. are escalating after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap 25% tariffs on all goods coming from Canada and Mexico.
A woman walks past a Samsung store in Seoul on June 28. Sources have said that the firm is planning overseas layoffs.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2024
Samsung to cut thousands of jobs amid struggles in AI market
Job cuts are planned for other overseas subsidiaries and could reach 10% in certain markets, a source said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 13, 2023
G7 leaders¡¯ summit statement to target China¡¯s ¡®economic coercion¡¯
G7 leaders are set to discuss concern about China¡¯s use of ¡®economic coercion¡¯ in its dealings abroad as part of their larger joint statement, a U.S. official said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Dec 17, 2022
Biden¡¯s China tech crackdown leaves Xi with few ways to hit back
Beijing¡¯s lack of good options is precisely why the U.S. is striking hard and fast now with export controls, experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 20, 2022
Europe reasserts middle path on China, pushing back on Biden
The shift in sentiment amounts to a victory for Xi on just his second foray outside of China since the pandemic began.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 19, 2022
Dutch minister says U.S. can¡¯t dictate approach to China exports
The U.S. shouldn¡¯t expect the Netherlands to unquestionably adopt its approach to restrictions, the official warned, signaling a potential obstacle to the Biden administration¡¯s trade fight.
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2022
Leading firms join Â鶹´«Ã½ ¡®last chance¡¯ push to reinvigorate domestic chip sector
Eight major companies have jointly invested to launch a new firm that is expected to play a key role in boosting the chip sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 5, 2022
U.S. chip-gear makers told to wait for relief from China curbs
The U.S. is working on a deal that would make firms in the Netherlands and Japan subject to limits on sales of the equipment to China, something that could take six to nine months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2022
With sweeping chip export rules, U.S. moves to choke off China¡¯s tech rise
The unprecedented controls may have far-reaching implications as Washington seeks to slow Beijing¡¯s technological and military rise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 6, 2022
Banned U.S. AI chips in high demand at Chinese state institutes
The development signaled a major escalation of a U.S. campaign to stymie China¡¯s technological capability as tensions bubble over the fate of Taiwan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2022
Biden weighing actions to curb U.S. investment in China tech
A separate action against the TikTok video-sharing app is a possibility but no action is imminent, while the U.S. may place further restrictions on chips used for AI computing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 30, 2022
¡®The eye of the storm¡¯: Taiwan is caught in a great game over microchips
Taiwan is the biggest producer of the world¡¯s most advanced chips. It is also rapidly becoming one of the world¡¯s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoints.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
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