Japan targets 26% global share in self-driving cars by 2030s
The government set numerical goals for 34 of 61 products and technologies chosen in March for priori[……] Read More
Korean chip startup DeepX debuts AI module in Japan
Partners like Koshida and MSI demoed the DX-M1 module at Japan DX Week 2026 in Tokyo.#Korean #chip #[……] Read More
SoftBank launches AI venture in Japan with Sony, Honda
Engineers from SoftBank and Preferred Networks, a Tokyo-based AI developer, are expected to work on[……] Read More
Japan raises Rapidus support to $4b for chip plans
The funding lifts state support to 2.6 trillion yen (US$16.3 billion) by the fiscal year ending Marc[……] Read More
Goldman Sachs-backed taxi app Go Inc plans Japan IPO
Goldman invested 10 billion yen (US$62.9 million) in Go in 2023 at a 135 billion yen (US$849 million[……] Read More
‘No one’s raising their hand’: Japan’s labor crisis shows robots are taking jobs that you don’t want
Japan is running out of workers. Its population declined for a 14th straight year in 2024, its worki[……] Read More
Microsoft to invest $10b in Japan for AI, cybersecurity push
Microsoft said it includes training 1 million engineers and developers by 2030.#Microsoft #invest #1[……] Read More
TSMC brings 3nm chips to Japan in $17b AI supply bet
The second plant would have monthly capacity of 15,000 12-inch wafers using 3-nanometer process tech[……] Read More
South Korea to impose duties on Japan, China robots
The case followed a petition by HD Hyundai Robotics accusing foreign firms selling vertically articu[……] Read More
Iran war squeezes Asia energy supply as India, Japan feel strain
SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari discusses the outlook for the markets a[……] Read More
The great toilet paper panic is back as Japan starts stockpiling
As the U.S.-Israeli-Iran conflict rattles oil markets, Japanese consumers are stockpiling toilet[……] Read More