Japan

WASHINGTON – The Japanese and U.S. governments announced a five-year plan on Thursday to jointly provide $1 billion for the development of scientific …

Japan’s Tokyo stock market benchmark, the Nikkei 225 average (Nikkei index), broke through the 68,000 level for the first time ever, powered …

Japan’s Financial Services Agency has finalised regulatory amendments linked to the 2025 revision of the Payment Services Act, creating a new intermediary category …

A $40 billion selloff in a 141-year-old Japanese cable firm has served as a reality check on the fragility of the global …

Many major Japanese companies, namely electronics makers, enjoyed rosy earnings in the year ended in March thanks to significant artificial intelligence-linked investment …

The government on Thursday released a draft road map on public-private investment that features a goal of acquiring an about 25% share …

A number of major Japanese companies are starting to move together in the artificial intelligence or AI sector. Quoted from Kyodo News, …

Japan’s Cabinet has approved a bill to amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, or APPI, for submission to parliament. The proposed …

SoftBank, a unit of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group, is preparing to sell its first euro-denominated bond as founder Masayoshi Son makes a …

Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan’s push driven more by necessity than anything else. …