A chip-making powerhouse is reborn in Japan
TOKYO – In a mark of the AI boom times, Japan’s Kokusai Electric is building its first new in-country factory in 35 years.
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Ishiba to bring cool, collected rule to Japan
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Shigeru Ishiba to be its next president and, by extension, the nation’s next prime minister.
Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ is to drag NATO into the fight
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Japan’s faith in US eroded by impolitic election rhetoric
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and J D Vance have all expressed spirited opposition to Japan’s Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of US Steel in tones and ways that have upset America’s most important Pacific ally. The following quotes convey the gist of the situation.
Japan poised for another record-busting defense budget
Japan’s military spending is edging closer to its targeted 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), with big new budget earmarks for drones, missile defense, satellites, cyber defense and cloud-based command and control systems.
Not if, but when, to buy volatility
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Vietnam becoming a chip-making powerhouse
Vietnam is becoming an important new player in the global semiconductor industry, a decoupling beneficiary of the US-led chip wars against China.