Scott Foster

Tokyo

Editor at Asia Times

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Articles

Huawei chief hasn't a chip worry in the world

1 week ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

In a recent interview with China’s state-run People’s Daily, Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei provided an assessment of the Chinese semiconductor industry that many might find surprising. An English version of the interview was published by the Communist Party-run Global Times. “There’s actually no need to worry about the chip issue,” Huawei’s chief said. “By leveraging methods such as superposition and clustering, computational results can match the most advanced global standards.
Trump's tech sanctions to empower China, betray America

3 weeks ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

President Donald Trump is stepping up US efforts to cut off China’s access to advanced technology, marking a continuation of restrictions first launched in his first term and continued under the Biden administration. The primary victims of these technology bans are American companies that were once China’s preferred suppliers. The main beneficiaries are Chinese companies, some of which have been handed massive market opportunities stripped of their most formidable foreign competitors.
UK-Japan charting a joint nuclear fusion future

3 weeks ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

TOKYO – Tokamak Energy, the UK’s leading nuclear fusion technology developer, has become part of Japan’s energy innovation strategy. After several years of building relations with Japanese government agencies, corporations and academic and scientific institutions, Tokamak Energy established a subsidiary in Tokyo in February and won a “green transformation” award from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in April. Tokamak Energy was founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the UK Atomic Energy Authority.
Japan flexes military muscle at biggest-ever defense expo

1 month ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

This year’s Japan’s Defense Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition and conference, held from May 21-23 at Makuhari Messe near Tokyo, was the largest ever, attracting 471 companies, 169 from Japan and 302 from the US, the UK and 30 other countries.
Japan not rushing into a bad trade deal with Trump

1 month ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

Japan’s senior trade officials skipped the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meetings held last week on South Korea’s Jeju Island. Neither Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoji Muto nor Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa attended the event, missing an opportunity to talk with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Masaki Ogushi, a member of Akazawa’s negotiating team, represented Japan in their stead.
Japanese auto giants know they need China to survive

1 month ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

Japanese automakers are attempting to make a comeback in China with their local joint venture partners and Chinese suppliers of smart cockpit and self-driving technology. With their combined market share in China down from 24.1% in 2020 to 13.7% in 2024, according to the China Passenger Cars Association, this is perhaps their last chance.
Polls show Japan, Taiwan fast losing faith in Trump

2 months ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

A recent public opinion poll taken by Japan’s left-leaning Asahi Shimbun newspaper indicates that US President Donald Trump’s excessive tariffs, disruptive foreign policy and insulting inaccuracies are alienating the Japanese people. An earlier poll in Taiwan showed similar damage to trust. Conducted from late February to early April and published in Japanese on April 27, the Asahi poll yielded the following results:In negotiations with the US, is it better to comply or take an independent stance?
Trump pushing China toward AI processor self-sufficiency

2 months ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

China’s stockpile of Nvidia H20 artificial intelligence (AI) processors is likely to run out in about a year now that sales to Chinese customers have been banned by the Trump administration, according to the assessment of several market analysts. Chinese tech giant Huawei thus must ramp up production of its new Ascend 910C alternative as quickly as possible while other Chinese AI chip designers step up efforts to avoid a chip shortfall in the years ahead.
Nvidia grasping to hold onto China's AI chip market

2 months ago | asiatimes.com | Scott Foster

Two days after the Trump administration restricted his company’s sales to China, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was in Beijing on April 17 to salvage what he referred to as a very important market. Huang, whose visit merited a reception by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Great Hall of the People, also met with Ren Hongbin, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), and Liang Wenfeng, founder and CEO of DeepSeek.
Designing Materials Science Labs: MEP Essentials

2 months ago | labmanager.com | Scott Foster

Materials science is a rapidly growing field driven by the search for new materials to address a wide range of modern challenges—from developing safer, more efficient batteries to producing materials that meet the demands of quantum computing. Advancing this research requires spaces that accommodate sophisticated analytical equipment, ensure safety, and provide flexibility for future technological advancements.