Japan approves an additional $4B in subsidies to Rapidus to bankroll the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, taking the total state investment and fees to $16.3B (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

Mari Kiyohara / Bloomberg:
Japan approves an additional $4B in subsidies to Rapidus to bankroll the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, taking the total state investment and fees to $16.3B  —  Japan approved ¥631.5 billion ($4 billion) …

Read More >>

Peru election highlights lack of plans to tackle illegal mining despite growing environmental crisis

Peruvians head to the polls Sunday to elect a new president and Congress, but illegal mining – a major driver of deforestation and mercury pollution – has received little attention on the campaign trail, even as it spreads deeper into the Amazon and In…

Read More >>