Asia Intelligence Brief
The artificial-intelligence boom is rewriting which companies define corporate Japan. The memory-chip maker Kioxia briefly passed Toyota to become the...
June 8, 2026Section
Asia Tech & Semiconductors
Asia is where the world’s semiconductors, electronics and AI hardware are made – Taiwan, Korea, Japan and China at the center. The Rio Times tracks the chip race, the tech giants and the export controls that now double as foreign policy, with an eye on how the AI and hardware boom reaches Latin American markets.
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Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief for Friday: South Korea's market fell sharply as a fight over who profits from the AI chip...
June 5, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief for Thursday: Asian stock markets slipped a day after Japan's record, led by a sharp fall in...
June 4, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
South Korea’s inflation jumped to 3.1% in May, a two-year high. The central bank says a rate hike could come...
June 2, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief for Monday: China's official manufacturing PMI eased to 50.0 in May at the expansion-contraction threshold while non-manufacturing...
June 1, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Tokyo's May CPI cooled across all three measures, pushing BoJ June-hike pricing further out as the yen held at 159.25....
May 29, 2026
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Asia finance brief: the Bank of Korea holds at 2.50% and lifts its growth forecast in Governor Hyun's first meeting,...
May 28, 2026 Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia finance brief: Japan's April core inflation at a 4-year low complicates the BOJ hike path against resilient Q1 GDP,...
May 27, 2026
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Asia intelligence brief covers the Quad's three concrete deliverables in Delhi, South Korea's KOSPI resuming to a record 8,047, SoftBank...
May 26, 2026