Japan ramps up tech ambitions with $65 bn for AI, chips
Japan is readying a $65-billion push in microchips and artificial intelligence aimed at reclaiming its…
Author: Katie Forster
Chair of global plastics talks pledges deal next month
A global treaty to curb plastic pollution will be secured at a summit in South…
Tokyo Metro: Asia’s oldest subway goes public
Every day six and a half million people ride Tokyo Metro’s nine lines, part of…
Nihon Hidankyo: Japan’s A-bomb survivors awarded Nobel
Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo is a group of survivors of the US nuclear…
7-Eleven owner confirms new takeover offer from Couche-Tard
The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said on Wednesday it had received a “revised” takeover offer…
Your ‘local everything’: what 7-Eleven buyout battle means for Japan
In Japan more is at stake than money in the mammoth takeover battle for 7-Eleven,…