Technology
SoftBank-powered robots to help Grab with meal deliveries
Singapore and Japan to use the droids jointly developed by China's Keenon
Taiwan
Japan election
Japan PM hopeful Takaichi speaks with Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen
Abe protegee seeks to burnish conservative credentials ahead of LDP election
Aerospace & Defense Industries
Asia tries to find its niche amid SpaceX dominance
Australia and Taiwan emerge as spacefaring nations
Your Week in Asia
Quad summit, Evergrande bond deadline and UNGA opening
Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
Transportation
Taiwan scooter maker Gogoro to list on Nasdaq in $2.35bn SPAC deal
Battery-swapping bikes to penetrate China and India markets
Politics
Taiwan plans $9bn boost to arms spending, warns of 'severe threat'
Extra budget comes on top of planned military expenditures of $17bn for 2022
Automobiles
Foxconn and Thailand's PTT aim to rule EV market in Southeast Asia
Bangkok cheers venture by energy group hoping to start production in 2023
Indo-Pacific
EU pushes for deeper Indo-Pacific ties in face of China concerns
Draft document shows bloc is seeking closer trade, investment ties with Taiwan
International relations
Taiwan simulates Chinese biological and electronic attacks in war game
Island turns to asymmetric warfare to fend off full-scale invasion
Semiconductors
TSMC to build advanced chip plant in southern Taiwan
Domestic move comes as company also expands globally to address supply crunch
Your Week in Asia
China's Wang Yi in South Korea, Taiwan military drills, Alibaba AGM
Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
Politics
Japan's fumble in Afghanistan bodes ill for any Taiwan crisis
Rescue of 1 Japan national reveals maze of constraints that must be alleviated
Politics
Taiwan Navy launches 'carrier killer' with 28 missiles
Ta Chiang to be deployed to island's northeast, where Chinese ships pass
Semiconductors
Chip prices set to rise into 2022 as TSMC hikes rates
Semiconductor and electronics prices are set to rise absent major economic slowdowns
Politics
Taiwan scrambles jets against flyby by 19 Chinese aircraft
Taipei says nuclear-capable bombers were among planes entering air identification zone
Semiconductors
SMIC to build $8.87bn Shanghai chip plant in challenge to TSMC
Chinese contract chipmaker looks to meet demand for lower-end semiconductors
Technology
US benefits as Taiwan tech shifts from China, but Japan left behind
Europe and ASEAN nations also become leading investment destinations
Asia Insight
Taiwan grows ever closer to Japan over vaccines, China fears
Ties have blossomed since 2016 election of Beijing-skeptic Tsai
Politics
Taiwan says security talks with Japan focused on TSMC investment
Ruling parties from both sides hold first ever joint security dialogue
