SoftBank Group Corp was among the top losers in the benchmark Nikkei 225, falling as much as 7.25%. This comes the tech heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 1.81% overnight, dragged by losses in Oracle, ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing plans to start making more advanced chips in Japan, a move that would be a major boost to the country's efforts to secure cutting-edge technology needed for ...

CHIBA, Japan - Only about 20 percent of adults using the internet in Japan have used artificial intelligence in the past year, a recent study showed, suggesting Japan's slowness in adopting the new ...

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Japan elevated its Silk Road diplomacy with Central Asia in 2025 by launching an AI cooperation partnership focused on governance, training and institution-building rather than infrastructure. By ...

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a meeting with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's Chairman C.C. Wei at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.

Japan's RIKEN scientific research institute and Fujitsu are working with America's Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Nvidia to build and operate next-gen compute infrastructure for AI and ...