Kishida's new cabinet has over a dozen fresh faces but some from the Suga government retained key portfolios, such as Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi

Anger flares in Seoul as top two internet hoggers – YouTube and Netflix – pay no fees to ISP for hosting its content in South Korea. Court has already sided with service provider

The group, which is worth $15 billion, is under pressure after expanding its communications network and investing in logistics to try to compete with Amazon

Taipei has long claimed Beijing has coveted the island’s semiconductor talent and its government is now proposing a legal change to further protect its intellectual property

Kishida won a run-off against vaccine minister Taro Kono. The former banker is set to become prime minister on Monday, but he will have just 4-5 weeks before he faces an election.

Leadership hopeful seen as accommodative to new energy industry as Japan looks to modernise – and green – its power supplies

Taipai’s application to be part of the 11-nation regional CPTPP agreement – just days after China applied to join the same group – has sparked a stark warning from Beijing

Rio Ferdinand, Gerard Pique, Antoine Griezmann and Cesar Azpilicueta have also invested in the game which sees cards traded in the form of non-fungible tokens

More than 60 digi currency exchanges must register with the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit and partner up with banks or face being ordered to stop trading

The company, which supplies Apple and Qualcomm, will ‘set related mitigation measures’ and actively adopt the use of renewable energy

The Taipei-based group, which has launched scooter-sharing services in Europe, is also eyeing moves into the Indian and Chinese markets with tie-ups with Hero MotoCorp, Dachangjiang Group and Yadea Group

South Korean multinational’s shareholders agree to separate the unit amid speculation it will seek to list in coming year