Top Hackernews posts from asia.nikkei.com

1. TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app (asia.nikkei.com)
   1007 points by em500 about 3 years ago | 679 comments
2. TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe chip plant (asia.nikkei.com)
   699 points by stereoradonc about 3 years ago | 436 comments
3. Sony to join TSMC on new $7B chip plant in Japan (asia.nikkei.com)
   679 points by thedday almost 3 years ago | 216 comments
4. TSMC hikes chip prices up to 20% amid supply shortage (asia.nikkei.com)
   630 points by giuliomagnifico about 3 years ago | 596 comments
5. Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies (asia.nikkei.com)
   580 points by mfiguiere 9 months ago | 321 comments
6. Vietnam to make Apple Watch and MacBook (asia.nikkei.com)
   555 points by jseliger about 2 years ago | 556 comments
7. Myopia treatment 'smart glasses' from Japan to be sold in Asia (asia.nikkei.com)
   541 points by isof4ult over 3 years ago | 319 comments
8. Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac (asia.nikkei.com)
   519 points by lhoff over 3 years ago | 645 comments
9. Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market (asia.nikkei.com)
   409 points by joos3 almost 2 years ago | 683 comments
10. Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' labeling (asia.nikkei.com)
    408 points by lucasjans about 2 years ago | 449 comments
11. Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops (asia.nikkei.com)
    402 points by jonbaer almost 3 years ago | 383 comments
12. Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production to India (asia.nikkei.com)
    390 points by mfiguiere almost 2 years ago | 527 comments
13. Japanese audio brand Onkyo files for bankruptcy (asia.nikkei.com)
    375 points by ksec over 2 years ago | 290 comments
14. SoftBank’s plan to sell Arm to Nvidia is hitting antitrust wall around the world (asia.nikkei.com)
    355 points by lawrenceyan over 3 years ago | 188 comments
15. Global chip shortage may soon turn into an oversupply crisis (asia.nikkei.com)
    336 points by hhs over 2 years ago | 397 comments
16. Japan asteroid probe finds 23 amino acids, researchers confirm (asia.nikkei.com)
    312 points by weare138 over 2 years ago | 49 comments
17. TSMC cancels chip price cuts and promises $100B investment surge (asia.nikkei.com)
    297 points by baybal2 over 3 years ago | 245 comments
18. Intel plans to rival TSMC and Samsung as a chip supplier (asia.nikkei.com)
    255 points by retskrad almost 2 years ago | 211 comments
19. Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification Church (asia.nikkei.com)
    251 points by rntn about 2 years ago | 253 comments
20. Apple dives into display-making to cut reliance on Samsung (asia.nikkei.com)
    244 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 323 comments
21. Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads' (asia.nikkei.com)
    239 points by mikhael 8 months ago | 297 comments
22. TSMC founder Morris Chang says globalization and free trade 'almost dead' (asia.nikkei.com)
    230 points by walterbell almost 2 years ago | 306 comments
23. Japan, U.S. to launch R&D for 2-nm chip mass production (asia.nikkei.com)
    222 points by gmays about 2 years ago | 135 comments
24. Taiwan bans recruitment for jobs in China (asia.nikkei.com)
    217 points by baybal2 over 3 years ago | 181 comments
25. Nikon to stop making SLR cameras and focus on mirrorless models? (asia.nikkei.com)
    202 points by jmsflknr about 2 years ago | 260 comments
26. Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and science (asia.nikkei.com)
    202 points by okareaman about 3 years ago | 291 comments
27. TSMC in Japan: Things to know about its chip factory plans (asia.nikkei.com)
    187 points by rbanffy over 2 years ago | 129 comments
28. Led by Tesla, EVs drive chip industry's shift beyond silicon (asia.nikkei.com)
    182 points by Corrado about 3 years ago | 130 comments
29. MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits Apple (asia.nikkei.com)
    177 points by gumby over 3 years ago | 120 comments
30. TSMC head says drive to onshore chip supply chain is 'unrealistic' (asia.nikkei.com)
    168 points by walterbell over 2 years ago | 213 comments
31. Myopia treatment 'smart glasses' from Japan to be sold in Asia (asia.nikkei.com)
    164 points by brian_herman over 2 years ago | 161 comments
32. Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy politicians arrested (asia.nikkei.com)
    149 points by 1ark over 3 years ago | 16 comments
33. Biden to sign order to build 'China-free' tech supply chain (asia.nikkei.com)
    147 points by fireball_blaze over 3 years ago | 67 comments
34. Japan to begin extracting rare earth metals from seabed in 2024 (asia.nikkei.com)
    147 points by stereoradonc over 1 year ago | 107 comments
35. Toyota's game-changing solid-state battery en route for 2021 debut (asia.nikkei.com)
    146 points by mardiyah over 3 years ago | 164 comments
36. Apple Watch production delayed as engineers wrestle with quality issues (asia.nikkei.com)
    142 points by gmays about 3 years ago | 118 comments
37. Japan to implement bank-deposit-backed digital currency in 2022 (asia.nikkei.com)
    133 points by thesuperbigfrog almost 3 years ago | 88 comments
38. U.S. seeks to revive idled shipyards with help of Japan, South Korea (asia.nikkei.com)
    132 points by mikhael 7 months ago | 151 comments
39. "World's highest-capacity" solid-state battery developed in Japan (asia.nikkei.com)
    131 points by bornelsewhere over 3 years ago | 86 comments
40. Japan decides to release water from Fukushima plant into sea (asia.nikkei.com)
    127 points by thread_id over 3 years ago | 152 comments
41. TSMC experimenting with rectangular wafers vs. round for more chips per wafer (asia.nikkei.com)
    131 points by alok-g 3 months ago | 101 comments
42. Vietnam GDP grows 8.02% in 2022; fastest expansion in 25 years (asia.nikkei.com)
    125 points by mfiguiere over 1 year ago | 64 comments
43. Jack Ma flees to Tokyo (asia.nikkei.com)
    121 points by mfiguiere almost 2 years ago | 104 comments
44. Apple to move key iPad engineering resources to Vietnam (asia.nikkei.com)
    121 points by firstSpeaker 9 months ago | 104 comments
45. Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology sector (asia.nikkei.com)
    118 points by totalZero over 3 years ago | 86 comments
46. TSMC delays U.S. chip plant start to 2025 due to labor shortages (asia.nikkei.com)
    110 points by ironyman about 1 year ago | 155 comments
47. U.S. pushes Japan and other allies to join China chip curbs (asia.nikkei.com)
    108 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 202 comments
48. Uniqlo dangles $8.8M salaries to draw talent in Big Tech showdown (asia.nikkei.com)
    98 points by wristycargo over 2 years ago | 131 comments
49. Chip-starved automakers shudder at Renesas plant's 1-month halt (asia.nikkei.com)
    89 points by fomine3 over 3 years ago | 120 comments
50. Will Xi Move on Taiwan? (asia.nikkei.com)
    86 points by RyanShook about 3 years ago | 137 comments
51. GPS Independence: Japan plans expansion of QZSS network to 11 satellites (asia.nikkei.com)
    81 points by throw0101b over 1 year ago | 28 comments
52. Japan's inflation hits 40-year high as weak yen fans import costs (asia.nikkei.com)
    72 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 88 comments
53. China PCR test orders soared before first confirmed Covid case (asia.nikkei.com)
    68 points by nradov almost 3 years ago | 4 comments
54. China PCR test orders soared before first reported Covid case (asia.nikkei.com)
    68 points by johntfella almost 3 years ago | 21 comments
55. China stages 'strike drills' around Taiwan, citing provocation (asia.nikkei.com)
    65 points by totalZero over 1 year ago | 123 comments
56. Taiwan hit by widespread power outages (asia.nikkei.com)
    62 points by fomine3 over 2 years ago | 33 comments
57. Internet Explorer shutdown to cause Japan headaches 'for months' (asia.nikkei.com)
    61 points by robin_reala over 2 years ago | 25 comments
58. U.N. expert says minorities suffer slavery in Xinjiang (asia.nikkei.com)
    61 points by ilamont about 2 years ago | 48 comments
59. Thriving on China's Belt and Road, Laos border town ditches kip for yuan (asia.nikkei.com)
    60 points by zinekeller almost 2 years ago | 50 comments
60. How nimble Keyence grew into a $140B titan (asia.nikkei.com)
    58 points by gabthinking2017 almost 3 years ago | 21 comments
61. Full text of Xi Jinping's speech on the CCP's 100th anniversary (asia.nikkei.com)
    56 points by chewz about 3 years ago | 65 comments
62. Stablecoins to face new restrictions in Japan (asia.nikkei.com)
    50 points by marban almost 3 years ago | 19 comments