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Tokyo, 17 July 2026 – SoftBank, Sony Group, Honda Motor and NEC are spearheading a major Japanese initiative to develop a domestically produced multimodal artificial intelligence model using…
Tokyo, 17 July 2026 – UBS is strengthening its debt underwriting operations in Japan with a senior appointment, as the Swiss banking group seeks to capture rising corporate…
Singapore, 17 July 2026 – China’s advanced manufacturing sector is expected to become a major beneficiary of the artificial intelligence investment cycle as rising capital expenditure by technology…
Singapore, 17 July 2026 – Lazada and Shopee are strengthening their affiliate marketing programmes across Southeast Asia as the region’s largest e-commerce platforms seek more efficient ways to…
Tokyo, 16 July 2026 – Nvidia and Toyota Motor Corporation are expanding their long-running artificial intelligence partnership beyond autonomous driving into factory simulation, automotive software engineering and urban…
Kuala Lumpur, 16 July 2026 – Chinese robotics companies are deploying humanoid machines beyond their domestic market, using overseas factories, public spaces and commercial demonstrations to gather the…
Kuala Lumpur, 16 July 2026 – Apple has secured regulatory approval to introduce Apple Intelligence on iPhones in mainland China, removing a major barrier that had prevented the…
Singapore, 15 July 2026 – Artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful economic catalyst for Singapore, but the energy infrastructure supporting that growth could become a limiting factor…
Beijing, 15 July 2026 – China’s economy slowed more sharply than expected in the second quarter of 2026, with gross domestic product expanding 4.3% year-on-year as weak domestic…
Tokyo, 15 July 2026 – Japan’s effort to encourage more domestic investment from its vast pension funds is drawing strong market attention, but the strategy faces major constraints…
