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International Business Times
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Japanese Tech Stocks Hit By AI Fears, Dollar Boosted By Tariff Talk

Investors have been spooked by the arrival of DeepSeek's chatbot, sparking a rout in high-flying tech titans (Credit: AFP)

Japanese tech firms sank Tuesday after a sell-off in US titans following news of China's DeepSeek chatbot, while the dollar rallied on a report saying Washington was considering universal tariffs on a range of goods.

Tokyo-listed companies linked to the artificial intelligence sector tanked for a second straight day as investors tracked a rout on Wall Street that saw Nvidia crumble 17 percent, wiping more than half-a-trillion dollars off its market capitalisation.

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