Mikio Okumura, group CEO and president of Sompo Holdings Inc. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sompo Holdings, Inc., one of Japan’s biggest insurance companies, says it’s using artificial intelligence to help alleviate a critical shortage of workers needed to care for the country’s aging population. AI and other technology can replace tasks normally performed…
TOPSHOT – Customers enter an electronics shop in the Akihabara district of Tokyo on January 12, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s economic growth slowed to 2.2% on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter, complicating the central bank’s case for a further interest rate hike in the near term. The…
Toru Nishikawa (right), co-founder and chief executive officer of Preferred Networks, and Daisuke Okanohara, co-founder and chief executive researcher, with a Fanuc Corp. robotic arm at their company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Preferred Networks is a little-known name outside of Japan, but the Toyota-backed artificial intelligence unicorn…
Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, photographed during a 2011 trip to Japan. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway is committed to its Japanese investments for the long term and has reached an agreement with the companies to own beyond the initial 10% ceiling, Warren Buffett said in his…
Shaimaa Khalil Tokyo correspondent Reuters The Fukushima disaster continues to hang over Japan, bringing back painful memories Japan says it will increase its reliance on nuclear energy in a major policy shift as it seeks to meet growing demand from power-hungry sectors like AI and semiconductors. An energy plan approved by the cabinet on Tuesday…
A sales clerk shows off Elpida Memory Inc. memory chips at an electronics shop in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, March 5, 2009. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares in Japan’s chip-related companies extended declines for a second day as Chinese startup DeepSeek’s AI competitiveness calls into question the United States’ leadership in the…
Employees move semiconductor testers on the assembly line of the Advantest Corp. plant in Ora, Japan on Aug. 10, 2012. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s chip-related stocks fell Monday as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek raises concerns about a potential challenge to America’s global leadership in artificial intelligence that threatens Asian tech companies…
Growing up in Japan, home to some of the world’s longest-living people, I fell in love with traditional Japanese food at a young age. My passion for clean and healthy eating is what inspired me to be a nutritionist. My diet has always been centered around nutritious, longevity-fueling and environmentally-friendly foods. Now living in the…
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda responds to questions during a Governors talk on Japanese inflation and monetary policy at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group 2024 Fall Meeting in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2024. Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Reuters The Bank of Japan hiked rates by 25 basis points Friday…
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda delivers a speech at the start of issuance of new yen banknotes at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. Str | Afp | Getty Images The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate this week by 25 basis points, according…
