FUKUOKA, Japan -- Iwata Diners, the Fukuoka-based operator of the Pizza Cooc home delivery chain, will resume opening new stores by February, buoyed by customer loyalty in its local market on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu.
Japan startup takes nonalcoholic fermented 'super drink' to US
UTSUNOMIYA, Japan -- A startup researching and developing fermented food will step up its business in the U.S., exporting a nonalcoholic rice-based fermented beverage to California and forming a unit on the Pacific island of Saipan, a U.S. territory.
Trump is turning Taiwan into a bargaining chip
Derek Grossman is a professor of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as a senior defense analyst at RAND and as the daily intelligence briefer to the assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense.
SoftBank's Son looks to tackle AI's power problem with France data centers
TOKYO/PARIS -- SoftBank Group's planned investment of up to 75 billion euros ($87.3 billion) to build data centers in France by leveraging its robust power supply links CEO Masayoshi Son's long-held interest in the energy sector with the chance to overcome a major hurdle to artificial intelligence development.
Young Malaysians reinvent the family business playbook to survive
KUALA LUMPUR -- Ng Seng Kiat has run Melawis, his 20-seat char kuey teow restaurant in the Malaysian city of Klang, for more than 57 years. But despite a local newspaper review describing the flat stir-fried noodles as "simply heavenly," the writing is on the wall for the 87-year old's eatery.
Bring your own plastic: Japan's takeout shops face container, bag shortages
TOKYO -- Japan's ubiquitous takeout food shops are feeling the heat from the Middle East crisis as soaring prices for crude-oil-derived naphtha push up plastic container costs.
Japan's Kioxia to take on Samsung with wafer-bonding tech in memory race
TOKYO -- As the boom in memory demand for data centers spreads to NAND flash memory, Japan's Kioxia Holdings seeks to regain market share with new technology it has commercialized ahead of rivals.
China's BYD, SAIC Motor eye EVs with all-solid-state batteries in 2027
GUANGZHOU/SHANGHAI -- Chinese battery and auto makers are working to develop the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles, with manufacturers SAIC Motor and BYD set to launch EVs equipped with all-solid-state batteries (ASSB) in 2027.
Bring your own container: Japan's takeout shops cope with plastic shortage
TOKYO -- Japan's ubiquitous takeout food shops are feeling the heat from the Middle East crisis as soaring prices for crude-oil-derived naphtha push up plastic container costs.
Toyota and other Japan carmakers to unify standards for defective parts
NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor and other members of Japan's automotive industry will adopt a unified policy for determining defective components to reduce waste and ensure a stable supply of parts as Middle East tensions constrain the flow of key materials.