TOKYO -- Tokyo, Washington and Manila will deepen cooperation to strengthen supply chains for artificial intelligence and semiconductors, developing energy industries such as liquefied natural gas at a planned hub on the Philippines' Luzon Island.

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group will invest up to 14 trillion yen ($88 billion) to build data centers in France, with total capacity expected to reach 5 gigawatts, in a move that reflects its efforts to secure artificial intelligence computing power outside the U.S.

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- When U.S. President Donald Trump visited China in mid-May, one focus was whether he would say that Washington "opposes Taiwan independence," breaking from the boilerplate line of "not supporting" it.

ISTANBUL -- Turkey is eager to cooperate with Japan on unmanned aerial systems, including joint development and co-production of drones, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Nikkei Asia in an exclusive interview.

TOKYO -- On Tokyo's urban fringe, orderly rows of tea bushes are increasingly giving way to housing lots as farmers grow old and Japan loses its taste for sencha green tea. It is a trend that the metro government hopes to arrest by betting on another kind of green tea, matcha, whose popularity is booming overseas.

TOKYO -- As Japan steps up oversight of short-term private vacation rentals, operators in downtown Tokyo are capitalizing on a legal loophole that allows for individual apartments to be registered as hotels.

SINGAPORE -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday assured Asian allies of America's determination to preserve an Indo-Pacific region where "no state, including China," can impose hegemony.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI -- The Chinese government will tighten a clampdown on food delivery companies from June, conducting unannounced inspections to weed out restaurants claiming fake physical locations or those operating without a license.

TOKYO -- Liquid cooling is gaining traction in Japan as an energy efficient way to regulate temperature of data centers that power artificial intelligence, with companies stepping up efforts to develop related technologies.