TOKYO -- Japan looks to promote its content industry by helping other countries form legal frameworks and train personnel for protecting intellectual property, beginning in Southeast Asia.
Analysis: Xi Jinping finds himself in a Japan-US dilemma
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.
Iran war shows Japan needs Alaskan oil: ex-vice foreign minister
TOKYO -- Japan should "seriously consider" importing oil from Alaska to reduce its reliance on supply from the Middle East, former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori told Nikkei, arguing that long-term stability in the region remains elusive.
Daughter of SoftBank's Son to take over troubled Japanese unicorn Spiber
TOKYO -- Japanese biotech startup Spiber decided Wednesday to transfer ownership to a company run by Maya Kawana, the eldest daughter of SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son.
'One Piece,' 'Demon Slayer' publisher Shueisha boosts multilingual manga
TOKYO -- Shueisha, the Japanese publisher behind popular manga titles like "One Piece" and "Demon Slayer," is looking to offer more works in multiple languages to allow a global audience to enjoy the content at the same time, President Hideaki Hayashi told Nikkei.
Japan-Europe container shipping hangs on by a thread
TOKYO -- Direct container shipping between Japan and Europe narrowly avoided vanishing this spring, salvaging a lifeline for the Japanese economy at a time when the war in Iran is already creating uncertainty for international logistics.
SK Hynix files for US listing to fund AI chip-driven expansion
ICHEON, South Korea -- SK Hynix has filed to list on the U.S. Nasdaq exchange, the South Korean chipmaker said Wednesday, looking to raise its profile and attract a broader investor pool amid rising memory chip demand for artificial intelligence.
Japan's Kioxia invests $490m in Taiwanese DRAM supplier Nanya
TOKYO/TAIPEI -- Japanese memory maker Kioxia Holdings said Wednesday it will invest 15.6 billion New Taiwan dollars ($490 million) in Nanya Technology, the Taiwanese manufacturer of dynamic random access memory (DRAM).
Indonesia makes U-turn on free school meals, citing fiscal ‘efficiencies’
JAKARTA – The Indonesian government looks set to make a U-turn and scale back President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals program, citing the need for “efficiencies” as fiscal pressures escalate due to the impact of the war in the Middle East.
China's COSCO resumes Asia-Gulf shipment bookings halted due to Iran war
TOKYO -- Chinese state shipping group COSCO said on Wednesday that it is resuming bookings on certain routes between Asia and the Middle East, ending a suspension prompted by the war in Iran and blockage of the Strait of Hormuz.