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SoftBank seizes Japan’s valuation crown from Toyota

SoftBank Group has overtaken Toyota Motor as Japan’s most valuable company, underlining a sharp shift in investor preference from the country’s traditional manufacturing champions towards businesses seen as central to the global artificial intelligence…

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Malaysia presses Norway over missile reversal

Malaysia has sharpened its criticism of Norway’s cancellation of export licences for Naval Strike Missiles, casting the dispute as a test…

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Robots share Seoul runway with models

Seoul’s push to turn humanoid robots into mainstream entertainers moved onto the fashion runway as Galaxy Corporation paired human models with…

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Indonesia advances vast solar buildout

Jakarta has moved to accelerate one of Southeast Asia’s most ambitious renewable energy programmes, preparing a 100-gigawatt solar power project that…

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Guan Zhiou takes charge in Hubei

China’s Communist Party has named Guan Zhiou, the country’s natural resources minister, as Party secretary of Hubei, placing a cabinet-level official…

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Sea builds AI deal team for growth push

Sea Ltd has created a dedicated investment team to identify artificial intelligence opportunities, marking a deeper push by the Singapore-based technology…

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Robots step onto Seoul’s fashion runway

Humanoid robots shared the catwalk with human models in Seoul as Galaxy Corporation turned a fashion show into a test of…

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Naka Island raises Phuket luxury stakes

Phuket’s private-island hospitality market has gained a sharper luxury edge as The Naka Island, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Phuket,…

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Binance charts regulated Philippine return

Binance has opened a supervised route back into the Philippines through a partnership with BlockShoals Technologies Inc., placing the world’s largest…

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China’s online retail engines keep humming

China’s e-commerce industry expanded steadily in the first four months of 2026, reinforcing its role as a major support for consumption…

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China AI race strains global rivals

China’s artificial intelligence market is entering a faster and more expensive phase, with enterprise spending forecasts pointing to a surge that…

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MonoClaw brings local AI assistant to Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s artificial intelligence market gained a locally built workplace automation product on Tuesday as Sentimento Technologies launched MonoClaw, a Mac-based…

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China tightens grip on offshore stock trades

Chinese retail investors are scrambling to keep access to overseas equities after Beijing imposed its toughest enforcement action yet against cross-border…

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Nvidia supply push sharpens Taiwan pressure

Jensen Huang’s arrival in Taipei ahead of Computex has put Nvidia’s next AI platform at the centre of a widening test…

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SoftBank rally puts AI stakes in focus

SoftBank Group shares rose to a record high as investors priced in the prospect of major gains from potential public listings…

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Qatar widens China investment outreach

Qatar has stepped up its investment campaign in China with high-level business meetings in Shanghai and Hangzhou aimed at turning long-standing…

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Chef collaborations reshape Hong Kong brunch

Hong Kong’s competitive weekend dining market is getting a sharper culinary edge as Lobster Bar & Grill at Island Shangri-La turns…

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AMD deepens Taiwan AI supply chain bet

AMD has committed more than $10 billion to Taiwan’s semiconductor ecosystem, targeting advanced packaging and manufacturing capacity as demand for artificial…

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Polymarket eyes Japan approval push

Polymarket has appointed a representative in Japan and is preparing to press policymakers for a route to authorise prediction markets, marking…

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Tokyo debt rout jolts global bonds

Japan’s government bond market has become the centre of a global debt selloff as higher oil prices, stubborn inflation and expectations…

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China sharpens private sector support drive

China’s market regulator has set 34 priorities for 2026 aimed at strengthening private sector growth, placing fair competition, legal safeguards and…

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Sri Lanka raises barrier to car imports

Sri Lanka has imposed a temporary 50 per cent surcharge on customs import duty for imported vehicles, aiming to slow demand…

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Seoul stocks ride AI chip wave

Seoul’s benchmark Kospi crossed 8,000 for the first time on Friday, powered by a surge in artificial intelligence-linked shares that has…

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Beever Atlas targets workplace chat sprawl

Votee AI and its Toronto-based research lab Beever AI have open-sourced Beever Atlas, a software platform designed to convert workplace conversations…

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Air India losses weigh on SIA profit

Singapore Airlines’ annual net profit fell sharply as Air India’s widening losses and the absence of a one-off accounting gain outweighed…

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Seoul housing surge tests rate path

Seoul apartment prices accelerated at their fastest weekly pace in more than three months, sharpening the policy dilemma facing the Bank…

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CapBridge widens access to legacy planning

CapBridge Pte Ltd has teamed up with Sun Life Singapore to distribute SunBrilliance insurance solutions to high-net-worth individuals and family offices,…