Western allies and TSMC are grappling with how to mitigate a worst-case scenario where China invades or blockades Taiwan, cutting off chips crucial to the global economy.

The au Jibun Bank Flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to a seasonally adjusted 52.9 from a final 55.4 in the previous month

The Model 3 sedan description on Tesla’s Korean-language site was changed to say it is capable of travelling a "maximum" of 528 km, from "more than" 528 km

Automaker has plans to assemble EVs for its Nissan and Infiniti brands in Mississippi starting 2025 and aims to have EVs make up 40% of its US sales by 2030

Consumer inflation is expected to pick up due to surging energy prices, while last year's mobile phone fee cuts are also set to fall out of calculations

Nowhere is the pressure more acute than in Taiwan, the world centre of advanced chipmaking, where the appetite for engineering talent is growing

PM Fumio Kishida said the number of people allowed to enter the country will rise to 5,000 a day, from 3,500. But tourists still remain shut out

The growing trade deficit highlights the world's third-largest economy's vulnerability to soaring commodity costs and slowing demand from China

Due to prolonged entry restrictions, that is 30,000 more than the 370,000 who had not been able to enter as of October 2021, data show

Kirin said the sale is part of its business portfolio review and that its business tie-up in China with China Resources Enterprise, its JV partner, would continue

Korea Fair Trade officials sent a report to Tesla saying it exaggerated the mileage of some of its models, as cars may fall short of their stated range if the temperature drops below freezing

Asia’s fourth-largest economy added 1.13 million positions in the first month of 2022 from a year earlier, led by medical and welfare industries