Prosecutors in Seoul allege that five former Samsung employees leaked 10nm memory chip tech to China's CXMT, causing chip producers billions of dollars in financial damage

Court denies key shareholders' move to block zinc refiner's plan to issue shares to help fund $7.4-billion smelter in the US, but they still support the US plan

Japan will conduct a deepsea mining test next month off its most easterly island, where the seabed is believed to be rich in manganese and rare earth elements

Government stands by its no-nukes pledge after an unnamed security official suggested the country should have such weapons to deter aggressors. Japan has been intimidated by three nuclear-armed neighbours.

The Bank of Japan lifted interest rates to a three-decade high on Friday, which caused the yield of 10-year government bonds to jump to a 26-year peak. Meanwhile, MUFG bought a 20% stake in an Indian non-bank lender

Firms are now focusing on batteries for energy storage systems that are quickly becoming critical to the global data-centre build-out

Japan's third-largest developer has been attracted by rising rents and construction costs far lower than in Tokyo, New York or London

Chinese scientists have built an advanced chipmaking machine in a secret lab in Shenzhen with help from former ASML staff lured to produce cutting-edge chips

The rapid expansion of money market funds, hedge funds, private credit providers, pension funds and insurers is a growing concern for the Financial Stability Board

Firms that chase the dream of AI super-intelligence will falter, a researcher has said, as the idea "ignores the physical and economic realities that constrain all systems."

Move will raise or impose new duties of up to 50% on goods such as autos, auto parts, textiles, clothing, plastics and steel from states without trade deals with Mexico

Bank of Japan seen hiking its policy rate 0.25% this month. Nikkei hits 3-week high, as robot makers led gains on bets physical AI will fuel growth