Global recession fears and high inflation pose big risks to the economy, Premier Fumio Kishida told parliament on Wednesday, but there are hopes tourism will lift the economy

SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son hasn't proposed that Samsung buy a stake in Arm or make a pre-IPO investment, the JoongAng daily newspaper reported

China's dominance in EV sales and production is well known, but Europe has grabbed the lead in regard to EV demand growth relative to total auto demand, plus car inventories and ratio of sales

Asian stock markets faced total outflows of $69.7 billion in the first three quarters of 2022, well in excess of the $47.6 billion in outflows in 2008, when the global financial crisis occurred

The South Korean firm plans to ramp up manufacturing of its advanced chips used for artificial intelligence, 5G, and high-performance computing over the next five years

A US-led group met with African nations recently to bolster supply chains needed for the clean energy transition in a bid to "challenge Chinese dominance" in critical minerals

Manufacturing activity shrank in Taiwan and Malaysia, and grew at a slower pace in Japan, Vietnam and India compared with August, survey data showed on Monday

US Treasury has imposed sanctions on an Indian petrochemical firm and groups in the UAE and Hong Kong for secret deals that funded the shipping of Iranian oil products to South and East Asia

Asian markets had a mixed day on Friday with most markets down, bar India. Overall, equity investors experienced their worst month since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic

The semiconductor shortage, which forced some carmakers to halt production, put a spotlight on chip powerhouse Taiwan and made supply chain management a priority for governments

Mergers and acquisitions involving firms in China have sunk by a third this year, in line with a global decline, but private equity groups are now eyeing possible deals in India and SE Asia

Management measures are enough to ensure market stability if there were large capital outflows, central bank governor Yang Chin-long said