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Despite reports and rumors about its imminent release, DeepSeek's next-generation "V4" model is nowhere in sight.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 9, 2026
Waiting for DeepSeek: new model to test China's AI ambitions
The long-awaited V4 model has yet to appear, stoking speculation over China's AI progress and whether Huawei chips can power a true Nvidia alternative.
Advertising promoting ByteDance's cloud and AI service platform Volcano Engine and chatbot Doubao hangs at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Feb. 5.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2026
All-in on AI: what TikTok creator ByteDance did next
The tech giant created China's most popular chatbot, Doubao, which has built up more than 100 million daily users since its inception in 2023.
Employees work on the assembly line for the Land Aircraft Carrier electric flying car at a factory of Xpeng's subsidiary Aridge in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 6.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Nov 30, 2025
Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off
Chinese companies are building on rapid development of drones and EVs while harnessing government support for the futuristic inventions.
China's female gamers are finding the male leads of Love and Deepspace more enticing than real-life partners.
LIFE / Digital
Mar 29, 2025
'Better than real life': In China, virtual boyfriends are emotional aids
For many, virtual companions offer more than entertainment —?they provide emotional fulfilment.
Competitors are interviewed after a women's esports event in Beijing last month.
MORE SPORTS / esports
Jan 12, 2025
China's women esports players defy sexism for love of the game
For female esports players in China, mastering the game is just the first hurdle to carving out a space for themselves in the male-dominated field.
Children practice tennis at a club in Beijing on Wednesday. Zheng Qinwen's historic tennis gold at the Paris Olympics this month followed a decadeslong surge in the sport's popularity among China's burgeoning middle class.
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2024
China's Olympic tennis glory tracks booming middle classes
Zheng Qinwen's tennis gold at the Paris Olympics followed a decadeslong surge in the sport's popularity among China's burgeoning middle class.
Giovanna Gonzalez of Chicago demonstrates outside the U.S. Capitol following a press conference by TikTok creators to voice their opposition to the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," pending crackdown legislation on TikTok in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 12.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 19, 2024
TikTok and its 'secret sauce' caught in U.S.-China tussle
China's ByteDance's algorithm has helped drive TikTok's stratospheric success since the app was launched for the international market in 2017.
The weight of not knowing: Japan’s long-missing children
A signboard urging people to call the police if they have information on the whereabouts of Kaori Nomura, who went missing in 1991 at the age of 8, is seen in Yokohama in early April.
China's rare defiance of U.S. sanctions sparks showdown over banks
A Chinese flag flutters in front of the Shanghai Gaoqiao Company Refinery in Shanghai.
‘Keep phones on,’ Tokyo warns as yen battle intensifies
The yen has traded in a narrow ?158 to ?159 range against the dollar for two months as Japan steps up efforts to contain further weakness.
Japan to closely watch Trump’s remarks on Taiwan in talks with Xi
Former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has warned that any deviation by U.S. President Donald Trump from his previous Taiwan stance during his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping could significantly impact American allies.
Japan-China tensions have no visible off-ramp
A policeman stands guard at an entrance to the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on March 25. A man was apprehended in Tokyo March 24 after he trespassed onto the grounds of the embassy.
The weight of not knowing: Japan’s long-missing children
A signboard urging people to call the police if they have information on the whereabouts of Kaori Nomura, who went missing in 1991 at the age of 8, is seen in Yokohama in early April.
Amid shortage concerns, Japan works to secure supplies of raw materials
Since Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, concerns have emerged over what a shortage of oil and naphtha — a raw material for plastic products including food-packaging containers — could mean to not only industries but also supply chains and individual consumers.
What should the expectations be for sumo’s current trio of ō锄别办颈?
Kirishima (then Kiribayama) in the Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020. Should Kirishima repeat March’s Emperor’s Cup-winning performance in the upcoming meet, he’ll immediately become one of the most successful <i>ō锄别办颈</i> of all time.
The LDP is losing local elections. Should Takaichi be worried?
Despite Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s sustained high approval ratings after more than six months in office, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party she leads continues to suffer losses in local elections.
Fujisawa flashpoint: A mosque project stokes nativist fears
Muslims pray at Tokyo Camii in the Yoyogi-Uehara neighborhood. Though Muslims account for only 0.3% of Japan’s population, rhetoric in online spaces and by conservative politicians has fomented social tensions.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Projects like the BuddhaBot aim to re-create dialogue once lost to time, raising questions about whether AI can extend the teachings of Buddha or merely simulate them.
Can AI replace a priest? Japan’s temples and shrines are testing the limits.
By Alex K.T. Martin

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