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SINGAPORE -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday announced he will pass the reins to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on May 15, in what will be the city-state's first leadership change in 20 years.
WASHINGTON/SEOUL/TAIPEI -- The U.S. government will offer up to $6.4 billion in direct funding to Samsung Electronics to build chipmaking facilities in central Texas to produce the world's most advanced semiconductors, the Commerce Department announced on Monday.
TOKYO -- OpenAI, known for its ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence platform, will seek partners in Japan's semiconductor industry to source the high-performance chips AI depends on, Brad Lightcap, the company's COO, told Nikkei during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
BEIJING/TOKYO -- Xiaomi, one of the world's largest smartphone makers, has jumped into the electric vehicle market, releasing a model that is priced at less than half that of EVs offered by Tesla of the U.S. and Porsche of Germany, despite offering better performance than those prestigious brands.
TOKYO -- Consumers in Japan are shying away from dietary supplements and other so-called functional foods over a health scare linked to red yeast rice products from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.
TOKYO/BANGKOK -- The number of visitors to Southeast Asian countries topped 100 million last year, reaching 70% of the pre-COVID level in 2019, as the economy regained its footing after the pandemic and with new transport infrastructure, mostly financed by China, helping attract travelers to Laos and Cambodia.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida traveled to Washington last week for a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, the first state-level visit to America by a leader from the East Asian nation in nearly a decade.
BEIJING -- China leads the world in self-driving technology, arousing interest in whether its technology is authentic. A Nikkei reporter took a ride in a commercially operated, completely driverless taxi in Beijing, noting the details of its ride quality and safety.