Japan’s industry chief warned US officials its new rules restricting tax credits to EVs assembled in North America could be illegal

Japan is to spend $24bn on support measures as inflation soars in the world’s No3 economy, while the yen’s plunge also has Tokyo worried

Greenpeace ranked Toyota last out of the top 10 automakers in sales volume - for the second year running. Zero-emission vehicles made up less than 1% of its sales, report said

President Tsai vows to "deepen our cooperation with democratic partners to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the region"

The talks in Los Angeles will seek to agree on a framework for economies to engage on trade and data flows, environmental and labour standards, supply chains and anti-corruption efforts

Hynix’s parent, the SK Group, also recently announced plans to build a chip packaging facility in the United States

"I believe that after this period of combat readiness missions, our national military's combat skills are more mature and its combat power is more powerful," President Tsai said.

Businesses in Japan and South Korea were bracing themselves as Typhoon Hinnamnor began to pound their shores

World's largest contract chipmaker TSMC is building a $12 billion semiconductor plant in US state of Arizona

The US dollar hit a 24-year high of 139.69 after gaining about 0.5% against the Japanese yen on Thursday, as investors brace for more US rates hikes.

Most Asian markets slipped on Wednesday as investor worries about monetary tightening were inflamed by strong US jobs data. But stocks in Korea edged up slightly

"We will change [these old rules] promptly," Digital Affairs Minister Tara Kono was quoted as saying, as he outlined plans to move government data online.