Economía, Tecnología
140 noticiasJapan government weighs second supplementary budget focused on disaster response
The Japanese government is considering a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2026, limited to necessary items such as disaster response rather than an economic-stimulus package, with spending expected to be small. It would cover recovery…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
Turkey's Aselsan announces Astralink network of 198 low-orbit satellites
Aselsan CEO Ahmet Akyol said at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya that Turkey is building Astralink, a low-orbit satellite constellation of 198 spacecraft, with the first launch planned within two years. Akyol said work be…
Kumamoto University, AIST sign comprehensive semiconductor cooperation agreement
Kumamoto University and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the semiconductor field on Oct. 7. The deal covers joint research, technical support for reg…
El Gobierno ruso condonará casi 3.000 millones de rublos de deuda de la región de Belgorod
El Gobierno ruso condonará casi 3.000 millones de rublos de la deuda presupuestaria de la región de Belgorod en el marco de un programa federal de apoyo a las regiones, según declaró el primer ministro Mijaíl Mishustin, informaron TASS, RIA…
China's FX reserves fall 1.11% to $3,400.3bn at end-September
China's foreign exchange reserves stood at $3,400.3 billion at the end of September 2026, down $38.1 billion, or 1.11%, from the end of August, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said. The regulator attributed the drop to a rising…
Bank of Korea: corporate spare cash hits record 67.1trn won on chip boom
The Bank of Korea said non-financial companies' net financial surplus reached a record 67.1 trillion won in the second quarter of 2026, driven by a semiconductor-driven surge in operating profits. Households' surplus fell to 60.7 trillion w…
IMF warns global government debt set to pass 100% of world GDP
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said global government debt is at its highest level since World War II and is likely to exceed 100% of world GDP, naming advanced economies led by the US as the worst offenders. Vedomosti reported …
Japan August real wages rise 1.5% for eighth straight month
Japan's real wages rose 1.5% in August from a year earlier, the eighth consecutive monthly increase, according to the health, labour and welfare ministry's preliminary monthly labour survey published on 7 October. Nominal total cash earning…
Japan's August coincident economic index falls 1.9 points to 118.7, first drop in six months
Japan's Cabinet Office said its preliminary coincident economic index for August came in at 118.7, down 1.9 points from July — the first decline in six months. Nikkei reported the drop was the largest since January 2024, with typhoon and Ku…
Panasonic plans to start making humanoid robots for factories and warehouses by 2029
Panasonic Holdings plans to begin producing humanoid robots by 2029, for use on production lines and in warehouses, the company’s AI director Akira Sakakibara said in an interview with Nikkei. Work is already under way at the company’s AI &…
Japan's foreign reserves fall for fifth month to about $1.18 trillion
Japan's foreign exchange reserves stood at about $1.18 trillion at the end of September, down $29.128 billion from the end of August and a fifth consecutive monthly decline, according to data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance on Octob…
Musk says his companies will build and run Terafab chip plant, rules out TSMC role
Elon Musk said on Oct. 7 that his companies will independently build and operate the Terafab chip manufacturing project in Texas, ruling out an operational role for TSMC. He said TSMC could lease part of the planned site or capacity if inte…
Trump says he told South Korea it must pay a price for lower tariffs
US President Donald Trump said on Oct 6 that he told South Korea it must pay a price to have tariffs lowered, and that South Korea recently provided $150 billion, all of it going to shipbuilding. Korean outlets link the remarks to MASGA, th…
El Banco Mundial eleva al 4,5% su previsión de crecimiento para Asia Oriental y el Pacífico en 2026
El Banco Mundial elevó al 4,5% su previsión de crecimiento económico para Asia Oriental y el Pacífico en 2026, 0,3 puntos porcentuales más que su proyección de abril. El banco señaló que la revisión al alza se debió en gran medida a la fort…
Mishustin visits “Digital Solutions” forum, backs domestic AI and IT for industry
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin viewed the “Digital Solutions” exhibition and was introduced to the future of “Gosuslugi”, “Max” and AI, TASS reported. He called on companies to more actively switch to domestic AI solutions and sai…
Korea Q3 FDI arrivals hit record $14.87bn, up 30.6% on year
South Korea's foreign direct investment arrivals reached $14.87 billion in the first three quarters of 2026, up 30.6% from a year earlier and the highest on record, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said on Oct 7. Reported FDI comm…
China water ministry targets 40 major projects, 1 trillion yuan investment this year
China's Ministry of Water Resources said it will increase efforts to start 40 major water conservancy projects and complete 1 trillion yuan of water infrastructure investment in 2026. From January to September, 41,400 water projects of vari…
Agriculture minister says CPTPP accession talks to be re-examined from scratch
Agriculture Minister Song Mi-ryung told a National Assembly audit on Oct 7 that the government will re-examine CPTPP accession discussions from scratch, saying concerns in the farm sector remain large. President Lee Jae-myung had ordered th…
UAE-Belarus trade in services and investment agreement enters into force
The Trade in Services and Investment Agreement (TISIA) between the UAE and Belarus entered into force on Wednesday, after being signed in Minsk on 27 June 2025. The UAE's Minister of Foreign Trade, Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, said it cr…