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  Japan poised to ease restrictions on lethal arms exports in 2026 Measure could help defense industry break into global market, but challenges remain Japan's plan to supply an upgraded version of its Mogami-class frigate to Australia is allowable under current rules, as a portion of the ships will be built in Australia. (Photo by Rurika Imahashi) JUNNOSUKE KOBARA December 3, 2025 03:00 JST TOKYO -- Japan is moving to end next year a requirement that limits defense equipment exports to five nonlethal categories, a step that proponents say would give its long-struggling defense industry a boost. A security policy panel in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party met this week to consider proposals. The LDP's coalition agreement with the Japan Innovation Party includes a goal of abolishing the five-category limit during the ordinary session of parliament in 2026. The five categories of allowed defense exports are equipment related to rescue, transport, detecti...
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  EU to launch antitrust probe into Meta over use of AI in WhatsApp, FT reports By  Reuters December 4, 2025 4:49 PM GMT+11 Updated 8 mins ago Whatsapp logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Dec 4 (Reuters) - Brussels is planning a new antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms  (META.O) over its rollout of artificial intelligence features in WhatsApp, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, reflecting rising scrutiny of Big Tech's use of generative AI on large platforms. The commission was set to open the probe into how the California-based company integrated its Meta AI system into the messaging service earlier this year, the FT said, citing two officials. Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments with the Reuters Sustainable Switch newsletter. Sign up  here. Advertisement · Scroll to continue Advertisement Scroll to continue with content Me...
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  La tempesta d’Europa 3 dic 2025 | 20:19 Ascolta l'articolo 5 min i La paura paralizza il Vecchio continente. La «psicologia della debolezza» porta a decisioni timide e a un crescente isolamento strategico. Serve coraggio politico Insediandosi alla Casa Bianca nel marzo 1933, mentre la Grande Depressione devastava l’America, Franklin D. Roosevelt pronunciò le sue parole più celebri: «La sola cosa di cui dobbiamo aver paura è la paura stessa, l’irragionevole e ingiustificato terrore senza nome che paralizza gli sforzi necessari a convertire il declino in progresso». È una lezione di cui oggi dovrebbe far tesoro l’Europa — l’Unione e i suoi Stati membri —, messa di fronte a una tempesta perfetta che minaccia di minarne le fondamenta, rendendola completamente marginale sul piano strategico, economico e diplomatico, in ultima analisi precipitandone la caduta.  La paura, invece, sembra guidare attualmente tutte le azioni, o non azioni, dei leader europei: paura di perdere un allea...
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  Navigated Menu Back Financial Times Financial Times Europe 4 Dec 2025 Buttons.Search Options Tra­di­tional indus­tries trail in Taiwan’s AI boom Diver­ging for­tunes of tech and other sec­tors prompt con­cern des­pite rapid growth in GDP PADDY STEPHENS — TAIPEI Settings Print Share Listen Taiwan is enjoy­ing an arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence-fuelled boom that pushed GDP growth above 8 per cent in the third quarter, but Kevin Chung, an engin­eer at a machinery man­u­fac­turer in the New Taipei Indus­trial Park, has not been feel­ing much bene­fit. “The eco­nomy’s pretty bad,” Chung said recently in the park, a cluster of small factor­ies, ware­houses and offices west of the cap­ital Taipei. “All of our costs are going up. A lot of our cus­tom­ers have gone out of busi­ness.” Such down­beat sen­ti­ments reflect a stark diver­gence in Taiwan’s indus­trial sec­tor between the for­tunes of cut­tingedge tech­no­logy com­pan­ies and more tra­di­tional man­u­fac­tur­ers. Demand for AI and c...
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