Taiwanese semiconductor materials distributor Topco Scientific (TSC) reported record revenue for January 2026, buoyed by robust demand from artificial intelligence-driven advanced chip production. The company said January revenue reached NT$6 billion (approx. US$190 million), an 8.25% increase from the same month a year earlier. The figure marks the highest January performance in the company’s history and ranks as the third-highest monthly revenue on record.

Riding a year of extraordinary growth powered by the AI boom, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has approved a 2026 strategy that couples record capital spending with one of the most consequential management reshuffles in its history. The board’s decisions underscore how aggressively the world’s largest contract chipmaker intends to widen its technological and organizational lead.

Japan’s latest election is being read by global markets as a turning point in industrial policy, capital flows, and technology sovereignty across Asia — not a routine political cycle. Following the February 2026 lower house election, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party secured 316 seats, crossing the two-thirds threshold and delivering one of the strongest mandates in postwar Japan. The broader ruling bloc with the Japan Innovation Party reached about 352 seats, giving the coalition effective legislative control in the 464-seat chamber.