US hosts initial 'Chips 4' working group meeting in Taiwan with participation of South Korea and Japan as it seeks to block China's chip progress
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US hosts initial 'Chips 4' working group meeting in Taiwan with participation of South Korea and Japan as it seeks to block China's chip progress
Japan and US to establish joint research centre for 2-nanometre chips by end of this year amidst ongoing worldwide semiconductor shortages
Japanese government reportedly planning to fine noncompliant tech companies over local registration requirement, amidst global crackdown on tech giants
Japan aims to boost domestic battery production capacity tenfold as country loses market share to Chinese and South Korean rivals
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Taiwanese chip giant TSMC confirms it will build a chip factory in Japan, that will focus on the older chips that are in such short supply
TSMC and Sony reportedly consider building a chip factory together, with financial assistance from the Japanese government
New undersea cable from Facebook and Google to connect Japan with south east Asia, to increase capacity, redundancy and reliability
Researchers in Japan have set a stunning data transmission speed record of 319Tbps, over a long distance of 3,001km or 1,864 miles
World's largest contract chipmaker is considering construction of a new factory in Japan to help tackle global chip shortage
Victory for legacy tech, as pushback by Japanese officials against ban on fax machines overturns a mass switch to email systems
Nuclear agency in Japan (the Nuclear Regulation Authority) reportedly suffers a cyber attack and switched off its email systems
Productivity jumps by 40 percent after Microsoft tests the benefits of working a four day week
Prison sentence on the cards for people who fly drones whilst drunk, after Japan passes new law
Rakuten Wallet is one of several major crypto-asset platforms arriving in Japan in the coming weeks, even as authorities battle against soaring losses due to theft and scams
More bad news for Chinese firms as Japan government reportedly plans to halt equipment purchases
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The system could be in place in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with commercialisation planned for 2022
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