The mandate, the first of its kind for a Japanese municipality, is aimed at cutting household carbon emissions in the world's fifth-largest carbon emitting country

YMTC is likely to be added to the US Commerce Department's 'Entity List', which bars American firms from selling technology to companies unless they get an export licence, sources have said

Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council says it will fund research on laser-plasma interactions and magnetically confined high-temperature plasmas, following US discovery

There are fears of severe health impacts and major economic disruption as Beijing and other cities are experiencing huge waves of Covid cases

China is likely to roll out a fourth Covid shot – or second booster – this week for elderly citizens aged 60 and above, plus high-risk groups with serious underlying disease, the Global Times says.

The Chinese capital has been hit hard by a Covid outbreak after its dramatic U-turn on testing and quarantine rules, but the government is urging people not to worry

Firms using a range of strategies to try to keep operations running while Covid spreads at a rapid pace through some Chinese cities

China plans a massive package to support its computer chip sector and will reportedly outlay over $143 billion over five years

Ban on goods suspected to have been made by forced labour in Xinjiang has led to over 1,000 shipments of solar panels being held at US ports. Analysts say installations will fall by close to 25% this year

Toyota has been reviewing a $30 billion, three-stage plan for developing and releasing electric vehicles it announced late last year

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hosted two Arab summits with the Chinese leader, but any move by Saudi Arabia to ditch the dollar in its oil trade would be a seismic political move

If successful, VinFast will be Vietnam's first company to list in the United States