BEIJING -- Didi Global on Saturday said none of its data has been leaked to the U.S., where earlier in the week it made the year's biggest IPO, as it tries to quiet a social media hubbub sparked by the Cyberspace Administration of China's announcement that it has launched an investigation into the country's dominant ride-hailer.

The cyberspace administration's announcement, which came days after Didi raised $4.4 billion in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two people died and about 20 others remained missing Saturday after torrential rain triggered a large mudslide southwest of Tokyo, destroying more than 10 houses, local authorities said.

A video posted on Twitter showed dark water mixed with soil and sand flowing rapidly from the top of a mountain at about 10:30 a.m. in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, and making a rumbling sound.

The mudslide has washed down soil about 2 kilometers and reached the nearby coast, according to

TOKYO -- U.S. and Chinese companies make up more than half the multinational companies likely to be caught by a proposed global tax plan, which is expected to open up roughly $100 billion in annual profits to taxation.

Nikkei research based on earnings data from QUICK FactSet shows 81 companies meeting the revenue and profit margin thresholds set out in an agreement announced Thursday.

Of these, 11 are mainland Chinese companies, including tech giants Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding. Facebook, Philip Morris International

OSAKA -- Japanese chipmaker Sumitomo Electric Industries will fabricate semiconductors for 5G base stations in the U.S. from September, Nikkei has learned, amid growing concerns over supply chain disruption due to a global chip shortage.

Sumitomo Electric, which holds a 70% share of the product globally and is a major supplier to Chinese telecom Huawei Technologies, plans to double supply capacity with its U.S. operations.

The 5G chipmaker has set up a production facility in a factory in New Jersey operated by U

Henny Sender is a managing director at BlackRock in Hong Kong and a senior adviser to the BlackRock Investment Institute.

During the worst of the pandemic in India in recent weeks, much of whatever supply of oxygen there was for COVID-stricken patients came not from government action, as might have been expected, but rather from the efforts of private companies and nonprofit organizations.

Numerous governments have let down their citizens during the crisis, but in India -- along with some Latin American countries -- the failure has been particularly striking

TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Defense plans to increase its staff handing cybersecurity, including by hiring from the private sector, to deal with increasingly sophisticated attacks by China, Russia and others.

There were about 660 such personnel in the Self-Defense Forces as of the end of fiscal 2020. Plans call for increasing this to more than 1,000 by fiscal 2023.

Cyberattacks traditionally involved computer viruses that infiltrate networks and steal information, but hackers have become more

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two people are feared dead and about 20 others remain missing Saturday after torrential rain triggered a large mudslide southwest of Tokyo, destroying more than 10 houses, local authorities said.

A video posted on Twitter showed black water mixed with soil and sand flowing rapidly from the top of a mountain at about 10:30 a.m. in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, and making a rumbling sound. The mudslide has reached the nearby coast, according to police.

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- About 20 people are missing and at least 10 houses were destroyed on Saturday after torrential rain triggered a large mudslide southwest of Tokyo, local authorities said.

Firefighters are conducting a search and rescue mission in the slide-hit area in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, for those missing as heavy rainfall swept areas along the Pacific coast in central and eastern Japan.

The Shizuoka prefectural government called for help from the Self-Defense Forces in dealing with the disaster, which occurred at about 10

GUANGZHOU -- Tsinghua University, one of China's most prestigious academic institutions, acted swiftly to turn the corona crisis into an opportunity to push through reforms to change its future.

It was among the first universities in the world to face the colossal challenge of how to respond to the virus. In January 2020, as what would come to be known as SARS-CoV-2 began spreading rapidly in China, the university wondered whether it would have to delay the February start of classes. It managed