"Japan needs a stable coalition.. [or] it's impossible to pursue consistent policies," an LDP heavyweight said, so it was best "to seek a coalition partner under a new leader."

US official says Nvidia and AMD will provide a share of revenue to the government in return for licences to sell advanced chips to China; the deal comes amid a push by Beijing for HBM chips

The Japanese car giant's warning is the highest estimate yet of the negative impact that Trump's tariffs will have on a company

The move is part of Trump's efforts to spur manufacturing in the US. There was also news that Apple will invest $100 billion in its home market

US President says additional tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals will be revealed in about a week or so. "People love tariffs," he said in a TV interview

Prosecutors says current and former staff are suspected of breaches of Taiwan's security law. They allegedly sought details on TSMC's most advanced 2nm chip

The deal announced on Tuesday is Tokyo's most significant defence sale since the country ended a military export ban

Ishiba has responded to criticism from opposition lawmakers for not having signed an official document when Japan agreed to a trade deal with the US last month

After announcing a 25% tariff on Indian imports, Trump posted stinging remarks on social media about its high tariffs and slandering its "dead economy". Other countries in the Asia-Pacific fared much better.

Nvidia says there are 'no backdoors' in its chips, days after news emerged that Cadence paid $140m to settle US charges it sold goods to a Chinese university simulating nuclear bombs

South Korea agreed to invest $350 billion in the United States in projects selected by Trump and to purchase energy products worth $100 billion under their trade framework deal

Tesla has signed multi-billion-dollar battery and chip deals with South Korea's LG Energy Solutions and Samsung, to cut reliance on China because of Trump tariffs