Japan

An era of harder security is beginning in Takaichi's Japan (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
1 hour ago Japan

Japan edges towards hosting nuclear weapons (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
1 day ago Japan

Almost half of Japanese back military intervention for Taiwan – poll (www.rt.com)
2 days ago Japan Taiwan

Tokyo-based Sakana AI becomes Japan's most valuable unicorn at a ~$2.6B valuation, following a ~$130M raise from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial and US VC firms (asia.nikkei.com)
3 days ago Japan AI Tokyo Mitsubishi

OpenAI is piloting group chats in ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; up to 20 users can be invited to prompt ChatGPT in a shared space (openai.com)
5 days ago Japan Korea Taiwan New Zealand

Sony unveils a cheaper, Japan-only PlayStation 5 Digital Edition for ~$350, a ~25% discount, following a similar move by Nintendo with the Switch 2 (www.ft.com)
8 days ago Japan Nintendo Sony

Apple and Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake launch the $150 iPhone Pocket, a 3D-knitted fabric accessory, its first fashion collaboration since Hermès in 2015 (www.vogue.com)
8 days ago Japan iPhone Apple

Japanese Volunteer Translators Quit After Mozilla Begins Using Translation Bot (tech.slashdot.org)
11 days ago Japan Mozilla

iOS 26.2 to Allow Third-Party App Stores in Japan Ahead of Regulatory Deadline (slashdot.org)
13 days ago IOS Japan

Australia-Japan ties are about shaping outcomes, not hedging bets (www.lowyinstitute.org)
13 days ago Australia Japan

In Japan and Australia, misinformation fuels rising anti-immigration sentiments (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
13 days ago Australia Japan Immigration

OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android, including in the US, Canada, and Japan; the app reached 1M+ downloads in the five days after its September iOS launch (www.theverge.com)
15 days ago Android IOS Japan Canada

With Sanae Takaichi, “Japan is back” is back (www.lowyinstitute.org)
15 days ago Japan

Japanese trade association CODA, representing Studio Ghibli, Square Enix and others, demands OpenAI to stop using their copyrighted content to train Sora 2 (www.theverge.com)
16 days ago Japan

Trump offers ‘anything you want' to Japan's new PM (www.rt.com)
22 days ago Trump Japan

Japanese fintech JPYC launches a yen-pegged stablecoin, the country's first, and its issuance platform JPYC EX, targeting $65.4B in circulation in three years (www.theblock.co)
23 days ago Japan Fintech

Japan Launches a New Cargo Spacecraft to ISS for the First Time (science.slashdot.org)
24 days ago Japan

Russia welcomes Japan's intent to sign peace treaty – Kremlin (www.rt.com)
25 days ago Russia Japan

Shares of Japanese optical fiber maker Fujikura are up ~171% YTD, outpacing the Nikkei's 22% and lifting its market cap to $33B+ amid the AI data center boom (www.reuters.com)
25 days ago Japan AI

Japan's hawkish turn under Takaichi tests India's balancing act (www.lowyinstitute.org)
26 days ago Japan India

The shadow behind the rising sun: What you should know about Japan's first female PM (www.rt.com)
27 days ago Japan

Fujitsu's New Laptop in Japan Includes Optical Drive Abandoned Elsewhere (it.slashdot.org)
27 days ago Japan

Japanese regulators' plan to cull the smallest listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is spurring a record number of startup buyouts in Japan, while IPOs slump (www.bloomberg.com)
28 days ago Japan IPO Startup Tokyo

Japanese Convenience Stores Are Hiring Robots Run By Workers in the Philippines (hardware.slashdot.org)
29 days ago Japan Robot Philippines

Japan elects hardline conservative as first female PM (www.rt.com)
29 days ago Japan

Some Japanese stores are using robots from the startup Telexistence to restock shelves, piloted remotely by Filipino workers whose actions train AI models (restofworld.org)
29 days ago Japan Startup AI Robot

Airports and hotels in Japan are 'overwhelmed' by tourists' annoying bag habit (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2025-10-16 Japan

Japanese chip material maker Tekscend rose 13% on its Tokyo debut after raising $1B in its IPO; Tekscend makes photomasks to transfer tiny circuits onto wafers (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-10-16 Japan IPO Tokyo

Turning Japanese (dailyreckoning.com)
2025-10-16 Japan

Japan Asks OpenAI To Stop Sora 2 From Infringing on 'Irreplaceable Treasures' Anime and Manga (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2025-10-16 Japan

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