US-Philippines drawing closer on defense of Taiwan

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MANILA – For the first time, top defense chiefs from the United States and the Philippines personally joined detailed operational planning in the US Indo-Pacific Command in Honolulu, Hawaii, in a move to bolster their century-old alliance. The unprecedented joint planning came almost exactly a week after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s first personal meeting […]

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Japan to lend Micron a big subsidy helping hand

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Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has announced its intention to contribute up to 46.5 billion yen (US$321 million) to support the production of Micron Technology’s most advanced DRAM memory chips in Hiroshima. The subsidy, announced on September 30, should boost the competitiveness of both Micron and Japan’s semiconductor industry vis-à-vis South Korea’s […]

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US pushes ‘rule-based disorder’

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Upon becoming president of the United States, Joe Biden immediately set forth to promote “rule-based international order,” ostensibly for the world community, but the message was really intended for China. The “world order,” according to Biden, was for Beijing to conduct its foreign affairs in line with Washington’s expectations. Now into the second year of […]

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