Nikkei Asia

TOKYO -- Japanese entertainment company Bandai Namco Holdings is on a market hot streak that underscores investor skepticism toward stocks tied to artificial intelligence.

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TOKYO -- Japan hopes to make quick wins in semiconductors and video games, while pinning longer-term hopes on areas such as artificial-intelligence-controlled robots and hydrogen in the first five years of its growth strategy that it aims to have out by year-end.

TOKYO -- Japan is set to overhaul its tax-free shopping rules for foreign visitors in November to combat domestic reselling, but some retailers worry the new refund process may deter big spenders.

SEOUL -- South Korea has pressed the U.S. to hand back wartime control of its military, but hesitation on the part of Washington has exposed a rift between the allies over who would command South Korean forces in a crisis.

TOKYO -- East Japan Railway is expanding rail-linked urban development in Asia, seeking growth with an overseas in-station retail projects.

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief and was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

PALO ALTO, California -- U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology has no plans to move toward the 4F-squared memory technology despite Chinese rival CXMT's recent announcement of a breakthrough with such a design.