Electronics

Sony may still be in talks with an activist investor who over the years has called on the group to spin off its movie and entertainment unit as well as its semiconductor business. (Photo by Masayuki Kozono)
Companies

Third Point continues to hold Sony shares

US activist investor likely to have a say over Japanese technology conglomerate

24 August 2020
Orders received by TSMC are at a record high. (Photo courtesy of the company)
Electronics

TSMC and MediaTek fuel rebound by Taiwan's tech sector

Chipmakers drive July sales growth in leading indicator of global IT industry

22 August 2020
Sony`s stock price had risen 39% between the end of 2018 and the end of June 2020.
Companies

Activist investor Third Point offloads most of Sony holdings

Daniel Loeb's repeated requests to divest went unanswered

18 August 2020
Putri Tanjung, founder of Indonesian event-planning company Creativepreneur Event Creator, became a "special" presidential staff member in 2019. (Photo by Dimas Ardian)
Startups

Indonesian entrepreneur brings youthful insights to government

Presidential adviser Putri Tanjung urges millennials to start businesses

17 August 2020
Luxshare and founder Grace Wang (second left) have won plaudits from Apple CEO Tim Cook (right). Now the Chinese company is poised to become an iPhone assembler. (Nikkei Montage/Source photos by AP, Apple and Creative Electron/iFixit)
Business Spotlight

Luxshare grows into China's iPhone champion with help from Apple

Assembly plant deal helps supplier known as 'Little Foxconn' hunt Taiwanese rivals

14 August 2020
Foxconn has been ramping up its production capacity in a number of countries outside China, including India and Vietnam.
Companies

Foxconn planning for 'inevitable' split between US-China markets

30% of Apple supplier's capacity now outside of China due to trade tensions

12 August 2020
Five years ago, Samsung and Apple held a combined 39% of the global smartphone market, whereas Huawei Technologies only accounted for about a 5% share. In 2019, Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo -- all from China -- had a combined 35% share in a sign of the changing lineup of main players. 
China tech

Chinese tech companies topple Japan, chase US in market share

China takes lead in 12 sectors in Nikkei survey, boosted by domestic demand

12 August 2020
TSMC, the world's leading contract chipmaker, has become a target for rival chip companies looking for talent.
China tech

China hires over 100 TSMC engineers in push for chip leadership

Emerging chipmakers offer lavish pay packages to snap up talent

12 August 2020
We all must contemplate a broken global internet if the U.S.-China tech clash continues to worsen.
Opinion

Why China has so few options to hit back over US ban on TikTok

Beijing quietly building up its Noah's Ark in case of a total US-China "Splinternet"

12 August 2020
The sidewalk in front of Mitsukoshi's flagship department store in Tokyo is nearly deserted in early May. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
Business trends

Japan Inc. profit set to sink 36% this year, but rebound on way

60% of companies expect sliding income and revenue, with cost cuts easing losses

11 August 2020
Attendees bow their heads at a ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, held in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2019.
9 August 2020
Shenzen-based Ubtech's robotic guides are used in many commercial facilities.
China tech

China's manufacturing hub Shenzhen gets an overhaul

Software and health care are bright spots as startup capital grows scarce

9 August 2020
A scene from the "Demon Slayer" movie.
Media & Entertainment

Sony sets out to conquer entertainment world with anime

Sector primed to take center stage among the group's studio businesses

8 August 2020
Huawei has been developing its own mobile operating system, known as Honor, to offset the loss of Google Mobile Services.
Huawei crackdown

Huawei's mobile ambitions at risk as US calls for app boycott

Key Kirin mobile chip series also set to go 'extinct' due to Washington crackdown

7 August 2020
China's top chipmaker SMIC is aggressively increasing its capital expenditure plans for 2020. (Source photos by Reuters and AP)
China tech

China's top chipmaker ups capex to $6.7bn after bumper quarter

Beijing-backed SMIC downplays risk of losing Huawei orders

7 August 2020
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has high hopes for Dito Telecommunity to smash the country's telecoms duopoly. (Nikkei Montage/AP) 
Business Spotlight

Pandemic slows China-backed bid to end Philippine telco duopoly

Duterte ally's Dito Telecommunity faces 'uphill task' to build network on time

7 August 2020
SoftBank bought U.K.-based chip company Arm for $32 billion in 2016. (Photo by Maho Obata)
Technology

Key Apple suppliers approached for possible Arm sale

TSMC and Foxconn among those interested in SoftBank-owned chip designer

5 August 2020
A Shimano-sponsored bike race last summer in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture. The company's market cap tells a story of globalization.
Comment

How bicycle parts maker Shimano eclipsed Nissan in market cap

COVID-19 had something to do with it but globalization played a larger role

5 August 2020
Global PC shipments rose 0.6% in 2019 to 261.23 million units, research firm Gartner says. (Photo courtesy of Samsung Electronics)
Electronics

Samsung to end Chinese PC production as costs soar

South Korean tech giant seeks shift to Vietnam to remain competitive

4 August 2020
Commercial lithium-ion batteries like this one in an iPhone have taken us a long way since they were invented in the 1980s, but today's drones and electric vehicles demand more power and less size than the old technology can give us.
Technology

Japan's battery startups take the world beyond lithium ion

New products can pack up to 10 times more energy than their powerful forebears

3 August 2020
Notices calling for a boycott of Japanese-made products are visible at a store in Seoul, South Korea, last year. Japanese companies' exports and sales in the country have been hard hit as a consequence.
Business trends

South Korean boycott hammers sales of Japanese consumer goods

Beer, clothes and cars hit hard, but video game makers Nintendo and Sony shine

2 August 2020
People stand in line in front of Huawei's new flagship store in Shanghai.
China tech

Huawei dominant at home, but struggles abroad make it weak No. 1

Company loses share in non-China markets under US pressure

1 August 2020
The U.S. has played a central role in selection and development of fighter jet models used by Japan's Self-Defense Forces, including the American-made F-35.
1 August 2020
Huawei narrowly surpassed Samsung in smarthphone shipments in the second quarter. (Source photos by Getty Images)
Companies

Huawei tops Samsung in smartphone shipments for first time

Coronavirus hits South Korean maker hard while Apple sees growth

31 July 2020
A Samsung Electronics plant: The South Korean company is the world leader for both DRAM chips and NAND flash memory.
Technology

Samsung and SK Hynix enjoy memory chip boom in pandemic's wake

South Korean companies soar on new data centers while game consoles to extend boom

31 July 2020