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Wednesday 26 November 2025
Japan sets new strategic tech priorities, tightens cyber rules for chip plants
Japan is preparing to designate artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion, space, and other advanced sectors as "national strategic technologies," while moving to require stricter cybersecurity...
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Japan's AIST opens shared GAA pilot line to support 2nm-class process development
Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has opened a new shared pilot line capable of producing gate-all-around transistors, a move aimed at...
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Murata targets China's Maxscend with German patent suit
Murata Manufacturing sued Chinese RF front-end leader Maxscend Microelectronics in a German court over alleged patent infringement involving RF filters, marking an escalation of the...
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Analysis: Foxconn's compact EV squeezes into Asia's tight urban terrain
A new-vehicle debut is always one of the highlights of Foxconn's annual Hon Hai Tech Day, and 2025 has proved no exception. The Model A—the company's compact multipurpose EV—first...
Monday 24 November 2025
Japan to become majority stakeholder in Rapidus with JPY100 billion investment
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to invest JPY100 billion (US$671 million) in Rapidus in fiscal 2025, securing a controlling stake as the government accelerates...
Monday 24 November 2025
Toshiba's China SiC turn triggers Japan's power-chip intervention
Toshiba's sudden move from its long-standing partnership with Rohm Semiconductor to a brief collaboration with China's Sicc unsettled Japan's power semiconductor sector. Toshiba reversed...
Monday 24 November 2025
NGK Insulators to expand capacity for chiplet ceramic support wafers that offer 5x warpage resistance
Japanese ceramics firm NGK Insulators has announced plans to triple its production capacity of support wafers by fiscal year 2027 (April 2027-March 2028). More specifically, these...
Saturday 22 November 2025
Foxconn activates Model A for Japan, forecasting bigger CDMS impact by 2026
Electric vehicles continued to dominate Hon Hai Tech Day (HHTD25) this year, with Foxconn unveiling a fully realized version of its Model A concept and framing the project around...
Friday 21 November 2025
Nexperia shockwaves hit auto industry as Europe and Japan slash output

The Dutch government recently suspended its administrative order against Nexperia and returned control of the chipmaker to its Chinese...

Friday 21 November 2025
Foxconn unveils Model A EV platform tailored for Japan's mobility market
On the opening day of Hon Hai Tech Day, Foxconn introduced a new reference EV, the Model A—its most concentrated focused push yet to tailor electric vehicles for specific industries...
Friday 21 November 2025
SoftBank sets up US$3bn Ohio plant for OpenAI's modular AI infrastructure
SoftBank Group plans to invest up to US$3 billion to turn a former electric-vehicle plant in Lordstown, Ohio, into a manufacturing hub for OpenAI's modular AI data-center hardware...
Friday 21 November 2025
Mitsubishi Fuso charts new course with safety and zero-emission buses
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) is drawing on its nine decades of experience as it seeks new opportunities in the global bus market. According to Katsuto Kora, director...
Friday 21 November 2025
Toyota and Volkswagen quietly wage an invisible robot war

Global attention is currently fixated on the humanoid robots unveiled by upstart automakers: Tesla's Optimus and BMW-backed Figure 02...

Thursday 20 November 2025
Yulon Nissan posts 3Q25 profit turnaround as Nissan N7 sales surge
Yulon Nissan Motor, a subsidiary of Yulon Group, held an online earnings call on November 19 to report its operational results for the third quarter of 2025 and provide updates on...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Sakana AI tops Japan startup valuations with funding led by Mitsubishi UFJ and CIA-linked VC
Tokyo-based AI developer Sakana AI announced in November 2025 the completion of a JPY20 billion (approx. US$135 million) Series B funding round that doubled its valuation to around...