GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- Despite the headwinds facing electric vehicles in the U.S. under President Donald Trump, Volvo Car will start making a new EV there in late 2026 as planned, CEO Hakan Samuelsson told Nikkei in a recent interview.

TOKYO -- Currencies of commodity-producing countries are diverging, as investors flock to those tied closely to China amid growing concerns over the U.S. economy.

TOKYO -- Micromobility startup Lime is shifting gears in Japan, launching e-bikes after struggling with its introduction of electric scooters.

TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Marubeni debuts a service this month aimed at reducing data center power consumption for generative artificial intelligence, after teaming with a Spanish startup.

TOKYO -- Kakaku.com shares surged here Thursday following the news that Swedish private equity group EQT was exploring a takeover of the Japanese consumer web portal.

TOKYO -- Japan's recommendation that private equity firm MBK Partners drop its bid to buy Makino Milling Machine on national security grounds reflects a tightening grip on core dual-use technologies that could stymie foreign investment.

BANGKOK -- Thailand's Siam Cement Group will suspend operations at a petrochemical plant in Vietnam due to supply chain issues caused by the Iran conflict.

TOKYO -- Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko (NSSK), a Tokyo-based private equity firm, plans to make a takeover proposal to Japanese machine tool maker Makino Milling Machine, sources told Nikkei on Thursday.

Hello from Hong Kong. This is Cissy, and I will be taking you through #techAsia this week.

The biggest news in the Chinese tech sector these days has been around DeepSeek, as everyone is wondering whether the AI startup will finally release its long-delayed V4 model this week, and of course, what kind of chips it will be trained on. If its model performance turns out to be as good as expected -- or even better -- and it is trained on domestic chips, that would