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

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group Corp. swung back into profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as its investments in OpenAI and other ventures paid off, the company ...

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

Silicon Valley venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has made headlines by backing an AI-powered virtual character company in Japan—marking what many observers describe as its first major ...

Unsurprisingly, it was also in Japan that neocognitron, the architectural ancestor of the neural networks that power systems like ChatGPT, was developed by computer scientist Kunihiko Fukushima. Yet, ...

Japan has launched an AI robot monk designed to deliver spiritual advice and assist with religious rituals. The humanoid, called “Buddharoid”, was presented in Tokyo by Kyoto ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Japanese toilet manufacturer TOTO has extensive experience in ceramics design—processes that could also be used to manufacture the next generation of computer chips.

Mizuho Financial Group is planning to replace about 5,000 administrative jobs in Japan with artificial intelligence over the ...