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Why Japan finds it so hard to digitally transform
In-depth The nation’s leaders are battling to change a static workplace culture that's still in love with fax machines and floppy disks
MSG giant Ajinomoto's chipmaking foray helps break financial records
News In addition to umami seasoning, the company produces a microfilm insulation used by the semiconductor industry which was repurposed from its amino acid technology
India to trial digital rupee from December 2022
News The real-time performance of the CBDC could see India becoming one of the very countries in the world to adopt a nationwide digital currency
Japan considers creating new cyber defence agency as attacks ramp up in region
News The country may be looking to ramp up its defences as Asia was the most-attacked global region in 2021, according to one report
UK follows EU in securing data deal with South Korea
News The deal will foster cross-border collaboration between businesses by reducing administrative and financial frictions
Inside Singapore’s mission to infuse itself with technology
In-depth With government agencies building cutting-edge technologies in isolation, could this risk pulling Singapore's digital progress in completely different directions?
India’s new data protection bill continues to “facilitate state surveillance”
News Although data localisation requirements have now been removed, it’s down to the Indian government to select which countries data is allowed to be sent to
Hiring is down 14% in Singapore following global surge
News This has been referred to as a rebalancing of the industry, with more jobs available on the market than there are people available for the jobs
