White House evaluates effect of China AI app DeepSeek on national security

Singapore ride-hailing app Tada innovates by putting drivers first

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Chinese rare earth companies are snapping up all the supply they can get, but local farmers in Australia worry about them exporting environmental degradation to other countries. s.nikkei.com/40DZZGe

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Sony Group appoints President Totoki as CEO to push IP businesses

Lunar New Year kicks off, putting fragile Chinese consumption in focus

BREAKING: Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok.

Google Maps to rename the Gulf of Mexico for U.S. users

DeepSeek crashes Nvidia stock with prospect of cheaper AI

Japan to overhaul troubled foreign trainee program: 3 things to know

Japan department stores tap Chinese influencers for Lunar New Year buzz

BOJ's latest rate hike welcomed by majority of Japanese: Nikkei poll

Cities north of Tokyo welcome the world by going local

Sumitomo Chemical cuts LCD material output capacity amid China's rise

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Trump's Asia team takes shape, with loyalists filling key roles

Taiwan reports unprecedented undersea cable damage this year

Trump's first day stirs talk in China of U.S. reset

Ideological differences are reshaping supply chains

Trump to hold fire on immediate tariffs, call for trade deficit review

Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president for the second time on Monday in the Capitol, promising to be a peacemaker and unifier but also proposing divisive policies such as taking back the Panama Canal and expanding U.S. territory.

North Korean soldiers in Russia 'don't retreat' despite losses: Ukrainian sergeant

TikTok says 'it's back in the U.S.,' thanks Trump for his efforts

Taliban deputy tells leader to scrap education bans on girls, women Rare public rebuke of government policy made by political deputy at Foreign Ministry

Malaysia hosts key ASEAN meeting ahead of Trump's return

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South Korean court grants extension of President Yoon's detention

Trump says he may give TikTok a 90-day reprieve Monday

Biden passes Indo-Pacific baton to Trump, with tighter alliances

Student visa clampdown knocks Australian universities off balance

TikTok ban upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

Xi and Trump discuss trade, TikTok in phone call, U.S. president-elect says

Japan, U.S. top diplomats to discuss Indo-Pacific policy under Trump

Japan and U.S. private companies take on China in new Moon race

U.S. Treasury nominee Bessent committed to balancing 'unfair' trade with China

Next Japan megaquake would leave half a million without shelter: survey

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Trump says will create new agency to collect revenue from foreign sources

The U.S. Commerce Department finalized a rule Tuesday that will prohibit imports of certain Chinese software and hardware involving connected cars on national security grounds, effectively banning passenger vehicles from China.

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The city of Yokosuka, home to Japan's largest naval base, is becoming a center for training cyberdefense personnel in an effort that brings together the Self-Defense Forces, the U.S. military and the private sector.

North Korean soldiers deployed to fight against Ukraine have been instructed to take their own lives to avoid capture, according to an assessment by South Korea's spy agency.

Pakistan's missiles will never be a threat to the U.S.

Stakes rise in Southeast Asia's casino race as Singapore's rivals place bets

China's economy will never surpass U.S., Biden says in exit speech

China's violin-making capital pursues quality over mass production