Ryohtaroh Satoh

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TSMC’s new shape and two weeks of tariff trauma

1 week ago | ft.com | Cheng Ting-Fang |Harry Dempsey |Lauly Li |Ryohtaroh Satoh

Hi from Taipei, everyone! This is Cheng Ting-Fang, your TechAsia host for this week.
Japan automakers make joint chip push to rival China's smart cars

1 week ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- Japan's automakers and suppliers are undertaking a rare industrywide effort to boost their competitiveness against Chinese rivals that have pulled ahead in the smart vehicle race. ASRA, a consortium that includes Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor and Honda Motor, is leading discussions to create a standardized design for next-generation automotive chips that it hopes to have ready by March 2029.
Not just DeepSeek: Japan's AI players chase efficiency over size

2 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- Japanese AI companies are looking to turn limitations into strengths as the rapid success of Chinese startup DeepSeek highlights the benefits of developing more compact and efficient artificial intelligence models. Some developers claim that the island nation's lack of capital compared with big tech companies in the U.S. will spur innovation.
Tesla and BYD diverge, GlobalFoundries looks to merge

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Yifan Yu |William Langley |Gloria Li |Cheng Ting-Fang |Cissy Zhou |Ryohtaroh Satoh

Hello from California, this is Yifan, your #techAsia host this week.
Can China repeat its EV success in humanoid robots?

3 weeks ago | asia.nikkei.com | Cissy Zhou |Ryohtaroh Satoh

HONG KONG/TOKYO -- For the second time in a year, Unitree Robotics caused a stir on social media recently with videos of its humanoid robot's acrobatic accomplishments. This time around, the G1 robot completed a standing side flip and a kung fu move known as a carp jump -- both more complicated than the standing front flip that the startup's H1 model performed last year.
Trump's U.S. mining push a hard sell for Japan's trading houses

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- President Donald Trump's call for increased mining in the U.S. will likely require subsidies to persuade Japanese trading houses to invest in high-risk projects, analysts say. Trump promised "historic action to dramatically expand the production of critical minerals and rare earths here in the U.S.A.," in his address to a joint session of Congress last week.
Japanese companies boost wages amid mounting inflation

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- Japan's largest employers announced bullish pay increases on Wednesday amid rising inflationary pressures on households, while the Bank of Japan continued watching the market for signs to raise interest rates. Every spring, unions and management participate in discussions known as shunto to establish monthly salaries before Japan's fiscal year begins in April.
Japan PM Ishiba set for budget deal, but inflation clouds election hopes

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- By this year's cherry blossom season, Japan's minority government hopes to have pulled off a delicate budget balancing act. Whether it wins plaudits from voters frustrated by the rising cost of living remains to be seen -- and they get their chance to pass a verdict in a key election this summer. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) needs cooperation from political rivals for a finance bill that must be passed by the end of March.
Japan trading house stocks rally as Buffett hints at more buying

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- Japan's trading house stock price surged on Tuesday after billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that the five largest trading houses have agreed to relax the ceiling of each company's ownership, hinting that he would buy more. The stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange of Itochu, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co., Sumitomo and Marubeni were up between the 4.4% to 9.0% range in the morning, even as the Nikkei average benchmark fell.
SoftBank's AI strategy becomes clearer but chip ambitions remain cloudy

2 months ago | asia.nikkei.com | Ryohtaroh Satoh

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son was in his element when he took the stage in Tokyo this month to lay out his vision for artificial intelligence.