TAIPEI -- China is aiming for more than 70% of silicon wafers used by its chipmakers to be made domestically by this year, marking one of its most aggressive efforts to localize the critical chip supply chain, Nikkei Asia has learned.

WASHINGTON -- Many Chinese companies held back on expanding investments in the U.S. last year amid an increasingly unfavorable business landscape, with no significant rebound expected despite efforts by the world's two largest economies to ease tensions.

COLOGNE, Germany -- "Tennojiya!"

TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Itochu plans to invest 1.5 trillion yen ($9.5 billion) toward raising its market capitalization and cementing its position at the top of the industry.

TOKYO -- Japanese material supplier AGC has decided to halt construction of a facility that would make a key component for producing green hydrogen, in response to the global retreat from carbon reduction.

TOKYO -- Konica Minolta looks to commercialize by March 2029 a system that uses a camera and artificial intelligence to slash the time needed to select high-yield microbes for food production by more than 90%.

TOKYO -- The fuel shock from the Iran war is diminishing the appeal of frequent flyer reward miles offered by Japan Airlines and fellow Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways.

JAKARTA/TOKYO -- Japan and Indonesia signed a defense cooperation agreement in Jakarta on Monday, envisioning greater transfers of equipment from Tokyo as geopolitical risks rise globally.