PRE-MARKET JAPANESE & SOUTH KOREAN STOCK NEWS: SK Hynix (000660 KS) - Co. and NVIDIA (NVDA) are to jointly develop memory for NVIDIA Vera Rubin, Vera CPU, RTX Spark and Jetson Thor: Australian markets are closed for holiday

JAPAN

ANA Holdings (9202 JT) - All Nippon Airways CEO Juichi Hirasawa said Co. still expects to take Boeing’s 777X during FY2027 and hit a fleet target of 320 planes by FY2030 despite delays at Boeing. (Newswires)

Hitachi (6501 JT) - Co. and Intel (INTC) are teaming up to use AI to optimise chip production by automating early failure detection and maintenance of chipmaking equipment. (Nikkei)

Japan Display (6740 JT) - Co. and CyteSi agreed to develop and manufacture EWOD-based backplanes for biological processing units. (Newswires)

Kakaku.com (2371 JT) - Co.’s acquisition by LY Corporation (4689 JT) and Bain Capital Private Equity was cancelled. (Newswires)

Nissan Motor (7201 JT) - Co.’s annual interest payments have exceeded JPY 110bln, slowing its turnaround efforts after past reliance on high-interest financing. (Nikkei)

Pan Pacific International Holdings (7532 JT) - Co.’s Don Quijote chain will sell fan-cooled clothes to help customers cope with Japan’s hot summer. (Nikkei)

Subaru (7270 JT) - Co. is weighing selling its US-made Ascent SUV in Japan as Japanese automakers expand reverse imports under simplified certification procedures. (Nikkei)

Toray Industries (3402 JT) - Co. will build a plastics processing facility in India to tap auto demand and bolster its material lineup. (Nikkei)

Toyota Motor (7203 JT) - Co. will start reverse-importing US-made Camry sedans to Japan as early as this fall, launch a racing kart plant in Aichi to attract a new generation of fans and debut a superconducting hydrogen car in a 24-hour endurance race. (Newswires/Nikkei)

SOUTH KOREA

Doosan Enerbility (034020 KS) - Co. is in discussions with NVIDIA (NVDA) for robotics solutions in AI factories and is to integrate its products and manufacturing capabilities with NVIDIA’s AI platforms. (Newswires)

NAVER (035420 KS) - Co. expands AI infrastructure with NVIDIA (NVDA) to serve surging global AI demand. (Newswires)

SK Hynix (000660 KS) - Co. and NVIDIA (NVDA) are to jointly develop memory for NVIDIA Vera Rubin, Vera CPU, RTX Spark and Jetson Thor. (Newswires)

SK Telecom (017670 KS) - Co. and NVIDIA (NVDA) are to expand cooperation to next-gen AI research, with the Co. to adopt the Vera Rubin platform following its H2 2026 availability. (Newswires)