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TOKYO -- SK Group aims to strengthen its ties with Japanese companies in the semiconductor industry, amid heated competition over cutting-edge chips that are vital for generative artificial intelligence, Chey Tae-won, chairman and chief executive of the South Korean conglomerate, told Nikkei on Thursday.
TOKYO -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday accused the U.S. of "not using all its might, influence and resources" to address the "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza that has resulted from the Israel-Hamas war.
TOKYO -- Google has entered into an arrangement with Japanese renewable energy providers who will build solar farms dedicated to providing electricity to the company's data centers in Japan, Nikkei has learned.
TOKYO -- The yen weakened past 157 yen to the dollar on Thursday, reaching a three-week low after a U.S. purchasing managers index showed accelerated business activity.
TOKYO -- Japan's 10-year government bond yield rose to a 11-year high, as the Bank of Japan moves to normalize itsinterest rate policy and investors weigh the possibility that the central bank may raise interest rates or scale back purchases of government bonds in the near future. This has made them cautious about holding government debt.
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG -- One of China's biggest online shopping festivals is underway with Apple offering steep discounts through Alibaba Group Holding, highlighting intense e-commerce competition amid sluggish consumer demand.
TAIPEI/BEIJING -- China's top chipmakers are pushing hard to localize the supply of key chip materials and chemicals to counter U.S. export controls, sources with direct knowledge of these efforts told Nikkei Asia.
NEW DELHI -- As India votes in its six-week-long general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to draw huge crowds of enthusiastic supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at roadshows and rallies. One of the key forces behind this mobilization across the country is the party's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.