Japanese firms implicated in TSMC technology leakage, sending shockwaves through Taiwanese society Retired executive’s move to Intel expands investigation to U.S.

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Local-Government Debt Expansion Amid a Property Downturn China’s “Lost Decades” Risk Intensifies China’s Debt Ratio Breaks Above 300% of GDP for the First Time China’s local governments are sharply ramping up issuance of asset-backed

Semiconductor Capital Expenditure Sets New High on Expanding AI Demand Global Top Three Accelerate Investment Amid Advanced-Node Competition China Emerges as a Key Variable Shaping Cycle Sustainability Capital expenditure across the global semi

Japan to extract rare earth–bearing seabed sediments from deep waters Seawater to be removed at processing facilities to separate rare earths U.S.–Japan–Australia supply chain alliance accelerates post-China resource realignment

Yen Weakness Persists Despite ‘Highest Rate in 30 Years’ Increase “Speculative Yen Sell-Off, Decisive Action Needed,” Japan Signals Possible Intervention Fiscal Expansion Fuels Yen Selling, Highlighting Structural Economic Concerns Beyond Rates

Trump-Style Investment Immigration Draws 1,300 Applicants in Just 10 Days Demand Concentrates Amid Tightened Immigration Controls and Online Screening Constitutional Concerns Raised Over Wealth-Based Double Standards Trum

Rewiring of labor-market compensation architecture amid AI diffusion Automation acceleration and economy-wide employment-contraction pressure Productivity-driven widening of asset and income gaps The U.S.

Equipment move-in schedule at Arizona Fab 2 brought forward Simultaneous pressure from surging AI demand and advanced packaging bottlenecks Strategic overhaul amid signs of customer defection TSMC has abruptly accelerated the timeline for moving

Semiconductor inventory shortfalls leave required volumes unsecured Production halts extend from North America to China and Japan U.S.

Shadow Over the U.S. Economy Triggered by Tariffs Consumer and Business Sentiment in Synchronized Decline Crisis Signals Reinforce Expectations for Rate Cuts The once-resilient U.S.

Blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela Interdiction operations in the Caribbean and the Pacific after the FTO designation Concerns over sovereignty violations as a state government is labeled a terrorist group U.S.

Unusual mention of “reflection” during a Diet response Diplomatic, military, and economic tensions intensify amid Japan-China frictions China’s influence reaffirmed in East Asia’s hegemonic contest

Accumulating AI investment excess distorting capital structures Growth illusion created by supply leading demand An imminent value repricing phase for the AI industry Concerns over an “AI bubble” driven by overheated investment in the artif

Companies Racing to Cool Data Centers Liquid Cooling as the Core of AI Data Centers Toward High Latitudes, the Seabed, and Space in Search of Cooling Advantages As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies expand at an explosive pace, data

Reddit files lawsuit against Australian government, citing “infringement of free expression” Major studies find links between social media use and declines in adolescents’ cognitive function Malaysia to implement similar measures next year; UK also reviewing the model

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Microsoft, Google, Amazon Roll Out Successive Hyperscale Projects World’s No.

EU pushes ‘Russian frozen assets loan for Ukraine’ Belgium protests: “We didn’t confiscate German assets even in World War II” Japan also refuses use of frozen assets, raises legal concerns at G7 The European Union’s plan to extend a repara

Samsung Electronics’ 4nm yield reaches up to 70%; secures AI chip order from U.S.