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Flags fly next to a logo of Nexperia at the facade of its factory in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China, on Nov. 7 amid a shortage of chips caused by a diplomatic standoff between China and Netherlands over the company.
BUSINESS / Tech
Netherlands returns control of Nexperia to Chinese owner
The move defuses a standoff with Beijing over the maker of “legacy” chips that had begun to hamper automotive production around the world.
BUSINESS / Tech
Major music labels strike deals with new AI streaming service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence tools.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nvidia’s upbeat forecast soothes fears of AI spending bubble
Sales will be about $65 billion in the January quarter, the chipmaker said, while analysts had estimated $62 billion, on average.
The U.S. government has sought to break up Meta for the past five years.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2025
Meta wins FTC antitrust trial over Instagram and WhatsApp deals
By Leah Nylen, Riley Griffin and Josh Sisco
The Federal Trade Commission failed to prove Meta's acquisitions of the apps allowed it to illegally monopolize the social networking market, a district court ruled.
Guests stand at the booth of Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain during the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh on Oct. 29.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 19, 2025
U.S. plans to approve sale of chips to Saudi AI venture Humain
By Mackenzie Hawkins
Riyadh has needed Washington’s permission for such shipments since 2023.
Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of India’s Andhra Pradesh state, speaks during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 18, 2025
India’s chief kingmaker sees Google unleashing $1 trillion boom
By Siddhartha Singh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu says Google's announcement of a $15 billion investment in data centers in his state is just the beginning.
Jeff Bezos has a unique set of management practices he used and espoused during his time as CEO of Amazon.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 18, 2025
Jeff Bezos brings signature management style to $6 billion AI startup
By Jo Constantz
Project Prometheus, which has fewer than 100 employees, will use AI to accelerate engineering and manufacturing in fields like aerospace and automobiles.
Chen Tianshi
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 17, 2025
U.S. sanctions propel Chinese AI prodigy to $23 billion fortune
As Washington’s export bans choked China’s access to advanced chips, firms like Chen Tianshi’s Cambricon have emerged as national champions.
The Alibaba Cloud booth during the Hong Kong Fintech Week in Hong Kong on Nov. 3
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 15, 2025
Alibaba denies report it helps China's military target U.S.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has denied helping Beijing target the United States, saying Saturday that a recent media report was "completely false."
U.S. President Donald Trump hit India with a $100,000 fee on new applications under the H-1B visa program, which is widely used by Indian and American tech firms to bring in skilled workers from abroad.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 15, 2025
India’s top tech schools see opportunity in Trump’s H-1B curbs
With annual campus recruitment season set to begin in a few weeks, the country’s brightest engineers no longer see U.S. jobs as essential for success.

Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Yen and Japanese bonds continue to retreat as verbal intervention lacking
The yen has deepened recent lows against the dollar as the 'sell Japan' trade gains steam ahead of big fiscal stimulus.
A dictionary revision illustrates how Japanese keeps on evolving
The reference text A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar recently underwent a revision for the first time in nearly four decades.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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