Former foreign exchange division boss says Tokyo’s prime motivation is to prevent speculators sparking a currency meltdown

Washington is also pushing the Netherlands to stop ASML from maintaining and servicing equipment it sold to China before the Dutch chip export curbs came into effect

Nikkei heavyweights with a significant presence in China have seen mega rallies, especially in the chip sector

The launch marks a second straight win for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency after its lunar lander, SLIM, achieved a "pinpoint" touchdown last month

Japan's ruling party's AI project team is planning to draft preliminary rules, including penal regulations, for foundation model developers such as OpenAI

The departures are among the most drastic changes Daihatsu has made so far after revealing last year it had rigged side-collision safety tests for 88,000 small cars

The machines are aimed at disrupting the most expensive step in the chipmaking process, by “stamping” chip designs on to silicon wafers instead of etching them using ultraviolet light

Japan’s central bank signalled it could begin phasing out its huge stimulus programme but refused to reveal a timetable

TSMC's shares closed 6.5% higher on Friday in Taipei, cementing its position as Asia's most valuable listed company

The total toll on lives and industry along the Noto Peninsula from the 7.6 magnitude quake — the strongest to strike Japan in 13 years — is far from known

The move reflects the government's will to restore the tattered public finances and revive a lacklustre economy

Japan's most significant defence build-up since the Second World War has seen a wave of new investment in its domestic aerospace sector