Robot dolls, chip shortages and Apple's soft sales

What happened: Nikkei's newsletter covers a probe into former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan, UBTech's companion humanoid robot at a Hong Kong electronics show, Anthropic's planned Japan data center, China's AI chip shortage, and SoftBank's Ohio power project. Key numbers: UBTech robot priced at $20,000, flagship model $130,000. Anthropic facility potentially 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion). Why it matters: China's chip shortfall challenges its self-sufficiency push, while UBTech sees Japan as a potential top market and SoftBank shifts toward AI infrastructure.

Nikkei's newsletter covers a probe into former Chongqing mayor Huang Qifan, UBTech's companion humanoid robot at a Hong Kong electronics show, Anthropic's planned Japan data center, China's AI chip shortage, and SoftBank's Ohio power project.

China's chip shortfall challenges its self-sufficiency push, while UBTech sees Japan as a potential top market and SoftBank shifts toward AI infrastructure.