Tokyo stocks ended mixed Monday as banks lifted on hopes for improved profits, while technology issues dropped on fears that U.S. dom

Huge U.S. technology companies that soared amid an artificial intelligence frenzy last year are getting pummeled after a little talked about Chinese startup demonstrated a chatbot that it says rivals versions from OpenAI and Google,

Wall Street is in turmoil with US tech giants bracing for significant losses as the stock market plummeted this morning, following the unexpected emergence of a Chinese rival in the AI chatbot space.

Huaxizi, or Florasis in English, a Chinese beauty brand with cultural and aesthetic attributes, launched its first overseas flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza area on Monday, becoming the first Chinese cosmetics brand to open a flagship store in the Ginza area.

Nasdaq futures slumped and technology shares slid in Japan on Monday as surging popularity of a Chinese discount artificial intelligence model wobbled investors' faith in the profitability of AI and the sector's voracious demand for high-tech chips.

In currencies, the dollar jumped 0.3% against the Chinese yuan in offshore trading, and rallied 0.4% versus the Aussie and 0.5% versus the New Zealand dollar, with the antipodean currencies tending to act as more liquid proxies for China's currency due to close trade ties.

Japan’s Tokyo University was criticised for embedding the ’Tiananmen’ keyword in its admissions page, restricting access for users in China. Old Reddit posts about the controversy have resurfaced

Tensions rise as Beijing stokes Okinawa independence movement with propaganda and diplomatic outreach for potential Taiwan incursion

Nasdaq futures fall as DeepSeek's AI challenges tech sector, rattling investor confidence in chips and profitability. Nvidia, SoftBank shares drop.

As Trump's second administration comes to a start, experts speculate on what it could mean for U.S. relations with Japan and China.

TOKYO — Japan will expand an unprecedented military aid program, the first of its kind since World War II, to help the armed forces of like-minded countries like the Philippines deter threats to the rule of law in the Indo-Pacific,

China’s relations aren’t improving with every U.S. partner. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has aggressively resisted China’s increasingly assertive stance in their territorial disputes in the South China Sea.