Comment
Japan should remain a bastion protecting free trade
Tokyo should fight back against protectionism if Trump is reelected
Finance
Japan chip, battery supply chains to tap $1bn in state bank investment
Development Bank of Japan seeks to prime the pump for private-sector money
Materials
POSCO's new CEO pick shows how South Korean state still holds sway
Nominating committee seems to bend in Choi ouster after remarks by fund head
Politics
'America First' group works to ban Chinese farmland ownership at state level
Trump-inspired think tank offers model legislation in absence of national restrictions
Technology
Japan's Rapidus and universities aim for 'beyond 2nm' chip tech
Tokyo backs project with 45bn yen budget as global race intensifies
Caixin
Embattled China developer R&F offloads London project for debt relief
HK$13.3 bn luxury apartment complex to be sold for $HK1
Supply Chain
More Ph.D. students 'vital' for Taiwan chip industry, says TSMC supplier
LCY chairman joins chorus warning about long-term effects of doctoral drop-off
Haruhiko Kuroda
Academic life: Haruhiko Kuroda (29)
Kuroda enters academia to share his experience with future generations
Semiconductors
TSMC speeds diversification push with new Japan chip plant
Taiwan chipmaker expands overseas output to focus on the cutting edge at home
Supply Chain
Taiwan's Acer and Asustek double down on 'Make in India'
Move comes as New Delhi weighs tighter import restrictions
Haruhiko Kuroda
International connections: Haruhiko Kuroda (28)
Kuroda reflects on his interactions with financial officials and Nobel-winning economists
Bank of Japan
Additional BOJ hikes seen by some once negative rates end
Overseas investors in particular view possibility of successive hikes
Indo-Pacific
Xi's playbook for China is different from what U.S. thinks, scholars say
Taiwan, tech and nuclear policies all related to domestic politics
Taiwan tensions
China courts Taiwan civil and business groups in unification push
Mainland's Taiwan affairs chief hosts back-to-back events with cultural and business leaders
Semiconductors
TSMC's second Japan plant advances Tokyo ambitions on chip supply
Big subsidies, lower costs provide edge in race to reshape global supply chains
Business deals
Toyota to invest in TSMC arm for 2nd Kumamoto chip plant in Japan
Automaker joins Denso and Sony in providing funds to boost key semiconductor industry
Opinion
Evergrande's liquidation will not pay off for foreign investors
Bondholders who took Chinese developer to court may get only emotional satisfaction
Supply Chain
Taiwan's Compal to build factory in Europe for supply chain diversification
Notebook maker also expanding into 5G, medical, server and automotive tech
Haruhiko Kuroda
Leaving the BOJ governorship: Haruhiko Kuroda (27)
Kuroda's long run as head of the Bank of Japan ends amid international discord
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China debt crunch
China aid program could help more than 30 Country Garden projects
Distressed developer to receive bank loans under 'white-list' scheme
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Technology
Japan's Towa eyes biggest chipmaking machine order from South Korea
AI boom drives soaring demand for advanced HBM chips
Haruhiko Kuroda
The COVID-19 pandemic: Haruhiko Kuroda (26)
BOJ works to keep Japanese economy afloat during unprecedented challenge
U.S. elections 2024
Trump says U.S. must impose more tariffs on China, possibly over 60%
Republican presidential candidate denies he would start new trade war with Beijing
Comment
China and Russia bolster disinformation arsenal with real facts
Stealth campaigns seek to manipulate public opinion in Taiwan and Ukraine
Datawatch
Housing glut leaves China with excess homes for 150m people
Market hit by a double whammy of weak sales and population drop