“People in Japan express higher baseline trust in AI than people in the U.K.,” says Steven Pickering, a professor of ...

Fidel has acquired a majority stake in IM Corporation, a Japan-based IT consulting & software services firm with over 30 ...

Japan unveils its first AI buddhist monk robot as Kyoto University researchers turn to technology to support temples facing ...

Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group reports it swung back to profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as ...

In the neon-lit laboratories of 1980s Japan, the future seemed already written. While Silicon Valley was in its infancy, Tokyo was already pouring billions into several major technology programs aimed ...

Japan has launched an AI robot monk designed to deliver spiritual advice and assist with religious rituals. The humanoid, ...

At a quiet temple in Kyoto, something unusual unfolded. A robot walked slowly across the floor, gesturing carefully and ...

Mizuho has about 15,000 clerical positions at its core banking units and other group companies, and affected employees will ...

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Micron Technology will invest 1.5 trillion yen ($9.6 billion) to build a new plant in Hiroshima in western Japan to produce advanced high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, the Nikkei ...

Japanese artificial intelligence startup Sakana AI Co. Ltd. revealed early today that it has raised 20 billion yen ($135 million) in new funding on a 400 billion yen ($2.635 billion) valuation to ...

Video. An AI powered robot monk called Buddharoid debuts in a Kyoto temple, answering personal questions and raising new ...

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 ...