Author: JapanTechDesk Editors
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US and Japan launch $1 billion “Genesis Mission” AI research partnership
Japan becomes the first international partner in the US Department of Energy’s flagship AI-for-science program, with each nation…
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JAPAN AI launches knowledge platform with ten new autonomous agents
JAPAN AI released “JAPAN AI KNOWLEDGE,” a knowledge-management product adding ten AI agents to help enterprises organize internal…
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Asian deep-tech startups increasingly look to Japan as a growth base
Early-June reporting frames Japan as an opening market for regional founders, as Tokyo’s IPO push and corporate venture…
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Japan lifts AI and chip budget, adds ¥150 billion for Rapidus 2nm push
The Takaichi cabinet’s draft FY2026 budget sharply raises state support for semiconductors and “Physical AI,” deepening Tokyo’s industrial…
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Global chip market to hit record $1.5 trillion in 2026 on AI memory boom
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics body raised its forecast sharply, with AI-driven memory chips leading the surge —…
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WHILL launches autonomous wheelchair service at London Heathrow, hits 26 sites
Japan’s WHILL began trialing its self-driving personal mobility devices at Heathrow Terminal 3, extending a network that has…
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Japanese note app adds plugin-free Obsidian sync and voice input
Yurica’s “Captio-style Simple Memo” for iOS shipped a v3.0 update that auto-appends quick notes to an Obsidian vault…
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Sakana AI builds applied team to embed its models in Japanese finance
Japan’s most valuable AI unicorn is moving from research to deployment, putting its evolutionary models into banking workflows…
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Gatebox brings VTuber Shigure Ui home as an interactive digital figure
Holographic-character maker Gatebox launched a “Digital Figure Box” featuring illustrator-VTuber Shigure Ui, with wake-up and focus-timer voice features.
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METI survey pegs Japanese startups at 4% of GDP, up 15% in a year
Japan’s economy ministry released its 2026 Startup Ecosystem Survey, quantifying startups’ contribution to national output for the first…