Physical AI is emerging as one of the next major industrial battlegrounds, with Japan’s push driven more by necessity than anything else. With workforces shrinking and pressure mounting to sustain ...

Japan has invested in a French rare earths refining project Japan cooperates with Australia, US and others on rare earths supply chains China banned exports of dual-use items to 20 Japanese entities ...

The index for business optimism among large Japanese manufacturers increased to 17 for the first quarter of 2026, up from 15 in the previous quarter. Large non-manufacturers' business sentiment stood ...

Microsoft today announced a $10 billion (approx. ¥1.6 trillion) investment in Japan from 2026 through 2029, built around three pillars: Technology, Trust, and Talent. The commitments include expanding ...

Experts use artificial intelligence to analyze data, plus thousands of crowdsourced photos, to forecast the prized flowers, which are a multibillion-dollar attraction. Experts use artificial ...

Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. A platform that so often ...

When Melanie Ooi and Cristian Paluso-Serrano picked up the keys to their new home in the port town of Uno, Japan, they were awestruck. The house cut an impressive figure, jutting out from the main ...

TOKYO, March 30 (Reuters) - Japan stepped up yen intervention threats and signalled that further falls in the currency could justify a near-term interest rate ‌hike, as policymakers grow increasingly ...

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson faced viral backlash from conservatives over a comment during oral arguments about birthright citizenship where she floated an analogy comparing the ...

A higher number of young people in Japan are living with low expectations for themselves and their country when compared with their peers in five other nations, a new survey finds. The Nippon ...

When Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet approved legislation last month to establish the National Intelligence Secretariat and a coordinating National Intelligence Council, the reaction from ...