BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor will launch its lowest-priced hybrid vehicle and resume sales of an electric car in Thailand, the Japanese automaker said Thursday, going on the offensive against the rise of ...

NEW YORK -- A fentanyl smuggling network based in part in Japan built a vast multinational trafficking network, Nikkei has learned.

TOKYO -- Chemical maker Asahi Kasei is accelerating its production ramp-up of an insulating material used in cutting-edge semiconductor products like graphical processing units, spending 16 billion ...

BEIJING -- China's rare earth magnet exports to the U.S. in July rose to the highest level in six months, in a sign that Beijing is moving to normalize trading of the minerals following talks with ...

TOKYO -- China surpassed the U.S. in the number of climate research papers produced in 2023 and widened its lead the following year, Nikkei has found, underscoring growing Chinese global influence ...

American shoppers are buying less and spending less time on Temu and Shein, Chinese e-commerce companies that have benefited from duty-free treatment for low-value goods, a measure that is set to end ...

GUANGZHOU -- Chinese tech group Tencent seeks to offer more generative artificial intelligence services in Japan and Southeast Asia as it goes global with technology refined at home, an executive said ...

JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government is pushing to send more skilled workers abroad with mass layoffs in labor-intensive industries and university graduates struggling to find remunerative employment.

PALO ALTO, California -- The Trump administration is set to announce the long-threatened tariff on semiconductor imports as soon as this week, leaving the tech industry and consumers bracing for the ...

Nvidia, the world's dominant AI chip provider, has been feeling the geopolitical heat lately. It recently struck a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump to pay 15% of the sales of H20 to the U.S.

Hugh Harsono is a consultant whose research interests focus on emerging technologies' impact on international security, technology policy, and strategic competition.

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Taiwan plans to boost defense spending by a fifth next year, surpassing 3% of gross domestic product, as it invests billions more in new equipment to better face down China and ...