TOKYO -- The Japanese Finance Ministry will help create a framework for handling international remittances in Pacific island nations and territories as major banks that process such transactions increasingly withdraw from the region, Nikkei has learned.
Japan eyes world-first transmission of space-based solar power to Earth
TOKYO -- Japan plans to conduct an experiment to transmit electricity generated with solar panels in space to Earth using microwaves, a potential world first that could help solve power shortages and aid in future lunar exploration.
Japanese sake made in space fetches nearly $700,000
TOKYO -- Japanese sake using mash fermented in outer space has been successfully produced by sake maker Dassai, project partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said Tuesday, with a single limited-edition bottle sold for 110 million yen (about $690,000).
Japan to help Pacific island nations create payment settlement processor
TOKYO -- The Japanese Finance Ministry will help create a framework for handling international remittances in Pacific island nations and territories as major banks that process such transactions increasingly withdraw from the region, Nikkei has learned.
Southeast Asia's data center boom is running into a power crunch
Sandeep Sethi is president of Work Dynamics, Asia Pacific at JLL.
Japan's Terra Drone backs 2nd Ukrainian peer with eye on defense exports
VIENNA/TOKYO -- Japanese drone developer Terra Drone said Tuesday that it will make a strategic investment in an Ukrainian maker of fixed-wing drones, its second in a Ukrainian company.
Honda plays catch-up in Vietnam and India's e-motorcycle markets
TOKYO/HANOI -- Honda Motor is scrambling to make up for lost ground after falling behind in the electric motorcycle markets in Vietnam and India.
Tokyo Electron's close ties with TSMC at risk after chip tech leak
TOKYO -- A Taiwanese court's finding that a former employee of a Tokyo Electron unit leaked confidential data from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. may undermine the relationship between the Japanese chip tool maker and a crucial customer with a key role in its technological development.
Japanese supertanker appears to transit Strait of Hormuz
TOKYO -- A Japanese crude oil supertanker may have crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in what would be the first time a refiner-owned vessel has exited the Persian Gulf since the start of the U.S. conflict with Iran.
Indonesians question Lebanon peacekeeping force as casualties grow
JAKARTA -- Calls are growing in Indonesia to scale back or end contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations in Lebanon as Indonesian soldiers deployed to the region have been caught in the fighting between the Israeli military and the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militant group.