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A six-week conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran has triggered Asia's worst energy crisis in decades, with surging fuel prices, severe LPG shortages, and widespread economic fallout. A fragile two-week ceasefire announced April 7 offers only tentative relief. Wood Mackenzie's April 6 analysis shows Asia's spot......
Japanese convenience store operator Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd announced that it is postponing the planned public listing of its North American operations. The listing, originally expected in the second half of 2026, will now be deferred to the financial year starting April 2027 or later. A company spokesperson cited ongoing market uncertainty......
The world is facing an unprecedented energy crisis as disruptions to oil and gas supplies continue to intensify, raising concerns about global economic stability and inflation. According to the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the current situation represents one of the most severe energy shocks in modern history. The crisis......
Asian stocks and emerging market currencies edged higher on Monday as reports of a possible temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran lifted investor sentiment, despite an approaching deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trading volumes remained thin due to public holidays across......
The war in the Middle East has upended global energy markets, but for China the disruption is proving to be an accelerant. As oil-importing nations grapple with crude prices above $110 a barrel and scramble for alternatives to volatile fossil fuel supplies, Chinese electric vehicles, solar panels, and surplus natural gas are filling the gap,......
Six weeks into the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran with no ceasefire in sight, Asia, the destination for roughly 90 percent of the oil and 83 percent of the liquefied natural gas that normally transits the Strait of Hormuz, is bearing the heaviest economic toll of a conflict it did not start. Iran effectively closed the strait......
Mazda Motor announced Monday it has suspended domestic production of vehicles destined for the Middle East until May, becoming the latest Japanese automaker to scale back operations as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to commercial shipping, according to the Nikkei. The company had already halted exports to the region in March......
South Korean stocks surged on Friday after Iran indicated it was working with Oman to develop a framework for overseeing maritime transit through the Strait of Hormuz, offering a measure of hope for a partial reopening of the strategic waterway after more than a month of near-total closure. The Kospi closed up 2.74 percent at 5,377.30 points,......
Researchers in Japan have shown that living neurons grown in a petri dish can be trained to carry out machine learning tasks previously thought to be the exclusive domain of artificial systems, an advance that could reshape the boundary between biology and computing. A team from Tohoku University and Future University Hakodate cultivated......
More than a month into the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, a growing number of analysts and business leaders are warning that the conflict may not end in regime change or capitulation, but in the transformation of the Islamic Republic into a closed, militarized garrison state modeled on North Korea. Nikkei Asia published an analysis......
Erste Group Bank downgraded Toyota Motor from "buy" to "hold" on Thursday, citing near-term growth headwinds as the Japanese automaker contends with weakening U.S. sales and the sustained impact of tariffs on its profitability. Analyst Hans Engel pointed to a slowdown in revenue projections for the new fiscal year, which......
Shares in Arm Holdings fell sharply on Thursday, dropping approximately 5.5 percent from the previous session's close, even as the chip designer was riding a wave of high-profile announcements that had fueled a strong run in recent weeks. The pullback, which brought the stock to around $146 during the April 2 trading session, came as investors......
Patrick Söderlund, Nexon's new executive chairman and CEO of Embark Studios, told an investor meeting in Tokyo on March 31 that artificial intelligence would "rebuild the game development process," presenting the technology as the key to producing triple-A games with smaller teams and reduced budgets. Nexon CEO Junghun......
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