TSMC teases next-gen A13 and A12 technologies for 2029 production

SANTA CLARA, California -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Wednesday gave a glimpse of its next-generation A13 and A12 chipmaking technologies, which promise to make more powerful chips in smaller nodes.


Prudential Japan's fraud allegations an organizational issue, company says

TOKYO -- Prudential Life Insurance has found the misconduct scandal to be a wide-ranging structural problem, the Japan-based insurer's president said Wednesday, adding that a freeze on new sales was needed to implement major reforms.


ASICS to bring badminton shoes to Malaysia and Singapore, soccer cleats to Indonesia

KOBE, Japan -- Japan's ASICS will aim to grow its sales in Southeast Asia with new products for some of the region's most popular sports.


3 Japan insurers found to have improperly handled Toyota information

TOKYO -- Employees dispatched by three major non-life insurers to Toyota Motor took information concerning the automaker without permission, Nikkei learned Wednesday.


7-Eleven to close over 600 North American stores, boost investment 50%

TOKYO -- Japan's Seven & i Holdings plans to shut 645 of its North American convenience stores by the end of February 2027 but also will boost investment in existing outlets by 50%, accelerating reforms to improve profitability.


OpenAI's blueprint for the AI age has a blind spot the size of Asia

David Villena is a teaching faculty at the University of Hong Kong.


Analysis: US blockade of Hormuz casts shadow over Trump's China visit

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.


Japan to focus on resource supply chain in new Indo-Pacific plan

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to announce new diplomatic guidelines during a trip to Vietnam, featuring a revised "free and open Indo-Pacific" framework focused on bolstering economic security and supply chains for critical goods.


JAL eyes passport-free international travel with facial recognition

TOKYO -- Japan Airlines plans to give passengers the option of using facial recognition instead of tickets to board international flights by 2035, hoping to make the process simpler and more secure.


Japan's FamilyMart convenience stores eye delivery cuts as oil shock hits home

TOKYO -- Japanese retailers are trying to rein in rising energy costs, with convenience store chain FamilyMart considering fewer product deliveries and shopping mall operator Aeon accelerating power-saving investments.