TOKYO/SEOUL -- Asia may be FIFA's biggest audience, but with many games in the upcoming World Cup in North America set to air overnight across much of the region, broadcasters have pushed back against soaring rights fees.
Tokyo Disneyland 'magic' in doubt as operator's stock falls
TOKYO -- Rising costs and a tumbling stock price are pressuring the operator of Tokyo Disneyland to hike ticket prices again, but it will need to convince visitors that the higher admission fees are worthwhile.
SK Hynix to triple wafer capacity by 2034: Chairman Chey
TOKYO -- South Korea's SK Hynix will triple its wafer capacity by 2034 to meet soaring demand for its memory chips critical for artificial intelligence computing, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said in an exclusive interview with Nikkei Asia on Wednesday.
Japan to help content industry sue over copyright infringement abroad
TOKYO -- The Japanese government is exploring setting up an organization to handle intellectual property infringement complaints from domestic companies and creators lacking the resources to do so on their own, looking to bolster the content industry's overseas strategy.
NTT sets sights on Nvidia, AI race with $500m optical network fund
TOKYO -- A fund led by Japanese telecom leader NTT aims to chase Nvidia in an emerging sector of technology for artificial intelligence data centers -- optical networks.
Analysis: Kim Jong Un emerges as winner in summit with Xi Jinping
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent, and later as China bureau chief, and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
Anthropic plugs Claude AI in Japan for automated software development
TOKYO -- Anthropic invited nearly 500 software engineers to an event in the Japanese capital on Wednesday to promote its Claude artificial intelligence tools and other products, touting how its autonomous code-writing programs could drastically improve productivity.
TDK to buy US maker of AI data center cooling components for up to $400m
TOKYO -- TDK will spend up to $400 million to acquire American cooling components startup Fabric8Labs, hoping to tap growing demand from artificial intelligence data centers.
US tungsten scrap exports to Japan soar on Chinese curbs
NEW YORK/HOUSTON, Texas/DALIAN, China -- Japan-bound U.S. shipments of recycled tungsten-- an increasingly important source of the critical industrial metal -- have surged as Chinese export restrictions prompt companies to seek alternatives.
US firms see China as essential despite rising economic and political risks
WASHINGTON -- American companies are doubling down on China as profitability rebounds, even as the slowing Chinese economy continues to dampen business sentiment, an annual survey shows.