Hello, this is Kenji presenting the latest edition of our #tech Asia newsletter from Tokyo.

The Fifa World Cup finished with Spain’s win, but the intense heat of summer followed, with temperatures soaring to 40.6C in Kuwana and अभी 40.3C in Tajimi, the hottest cinematic moments in the country’s Tokai region.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited Tokyo, stopping at an izakaya in Kanda and the Akihabara district. He highlighted Sony, NEC, Honda and Soft Bank’s participation in Japan’s sovereign AI consortium Noestra, where Nvidia will supply chips for a nation‑wide AI‑robotics platform. Ryosei Akazawa welcomed him, noting the government’s new investment plan targeting ¥370 tn in AI and chip sectors.

Meanwhile, TSMC will raise advanced and mature chip prices by up to 10 % next year, and Taiwan’s Space Agency, led by Wu Jong‑shinn, announced a rapid launch of Formosat‑8, marking a shift toward domestic space capabilities.