KUMAMOTO, Japan/TOKYO -- Local governments in Japan are having difficulty providing enough underground shelters for residents, including around such facilities as Self-Defense Forces bases and nuclear power plants, with only 5% of the population nationwide covered.

JAKARTA -- An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced the head of Japanese drone developer Terra Drone's local unit to 16 months in prison for negligent homicide in connection with a fire that killed 22 employees and injured 15.

NEW YORK -- A new wave of joint ventures between U.S. and Chinese firms is taking shape, driven by a provision buried in Washington's latest budget legislation that could outline a pathway for cross-border investment and reshape the economics of America's clean energy supply chain.

TOKYO -- The market capitalization of Kioxia Holdings on Thursday surpassed 30 trillion yen ($188 billion) for the first time on the stock market here as investors snapped up the shares on expectations of growing demand for memory chips.

TOKYO -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries will partner with Nvidia to develop solutions that integrate robotics with physical artificial intelligence, Nikkei has learned, setting up a joint development center in Silicon Valley.

TOKYO -- When cats are given the choice between catnip and the Asian plant silver vine, they overwhelmingly choose the latter, Japanese researchers have found, a finding that could deepen our understanding of the relationship between cat behavior and scent.

TOKYO -- OpenAI is considering providing its new GPT-5.5-Cyber artificial intelligence model, which has advanced cybersecurity capabilities, to Japan amid the rapid rise of Chinese open-source models and the cyberthreats highlighted by Anthropic's Claude Mythos.

TOKYO -- Japanese financial services group Orix and Qatar Investment Authority announced Thursday that their joint private equity fund has purchased systems developer Nippon Information Industry (NII).

SEOUL -- South Korea's stock market soared on Thursday, its benchmark KOSPI index gaining more than 8% thanks to the resolution of a labor dispute at Samsung Electronics and Nvidia's stellar performance announced overnight in the U.S.

TOKYO -- One week after U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China, bilateral ties are turning testy over whether the American leader might speak to Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te.