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JAKARTA -- U.S. chipmaker Nvidia and Indonesian telecommunications company Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison plan to build a $200 million artificial intelligence center in Southeast Asia's largest economy, as demand for digitization in the region booms.
SYDNEY -- The company planning Australia's first cobalt refinery is pushing ahead with the project despite a prolonged price slump in battery metal prices. It is betting that U.S. and European efforts to break China's dominance in critical minerals will support alternative supply chains.
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics said Friday that its operating profit probably soared by more than 10 times in the first quarter from a year earlier, amid expectations that its semiconductor unit may turn a profit for the first time in more than a year and as smartphone sales improve.
NEW YORK -- The official X account of the manga series "The Ancient Magus' Bride" posted in December what was supposed to be an exciting announcement: The next chapter would be published in English simultaneously with the Japanese version, thanks to an AI translation.
OSAKA -- Japan and the U.S. are discussing joint efforts to promote hydrogen energy and bolster related supply chains, including by lowering costs for producers, Nikkei has learned.
OSAKA -- Rohto Pharmaceutical and trading house Mitsui & Co. will acquire traditional Chinese medicine company Eu Yan Sang International for about 800 million Singapore dollars ($594 million), the Japanese companies said Thursday.
TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to start field testing clean hydrogen production using nuclear power as soon as 2028, Nikkei has learned, with the move following a successful safety test of a next-generation reactor last week.
SHANGHAI -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Guangzhou on Thursday, on a mission to stabilize ties with China while pressing officials on industrial overcapacity that looms over the global economy.