It is no secret that Japan has lost ground in the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor markets over the last five years. The COVID-19 pandemic convulsed Japanese production lines and supply ...

Japan is adopting major new industrial policies with the objective of restoring the international competitiveness of its semiconductor industry. At the end of the 1980s, the industry accounted for ...

Japanese semiconductor champion Rapidus will have 100 engineers sent to IBM's research facility in the US to acquire knowhows in the gate-all-around (GAA) transistor technology key to 2nm process, ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru (right) holds a meeting with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son (center) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 3, 2025.

Japan is staking its claim in Africa’s venture capital market, as it pivots from traditional aid to context-sensitive venture ...