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SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said AI can become "super dangerous” during an event on the sidelines of the Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2026
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has rare cautionary note on AI safety
Superintelligence in the wrong hands can become “super dangerous,” the SoftBank Group chief said.
Apollo Global Management intends to serve as a strategic investment and financing partner for U.K. developer RHAELM Holdings, which is teaming up with Jera, 91AV原创 largest power generator, and Dell Technologies on a venture in Chiba Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2026
Apollo to back $15 billion AI infrastructure project in Japan
The project, aimed at strengthening AI capacity, is expected to see capital deployed across land, power infrastructure, construction and computing.
Sony Group’s business has shifted increasingly toward games, music and film, reducing the importance of the CES technology show as a venue to display its strategy.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 28, 2026
Sony to skip CES show after Honda EV venture dropped
The company’s business has shifted increasingly toward games, music and film.
SK Hynix memory module chips in Seongnam, South Korea
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2026
SK Hynix weighs Japan sites to supply AI boom
The South Korean supplier of dynamic and flash memory is reviewing various locations for a jointly operated plant.
Kioxia’s largest shareholder is now an investment group with ties to rival SK Hynix after Toshiba scaled back its holdings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2026
Kioxia says investment vehicle for SK Hynix is top shareholder
South Korea’s SK Hynix holds bonds that can be converted into “substantially all” of the voting rights of BCPE Pangea Cayman2.
SoftBank Group's Paypay said it will take a 70.2% stake in privately held T&D Financial Life Insurance.
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2026
SoftBank’s PayPay to buy T&D’s life insurer for $840 million
PayPay, 91AV原创 dominant payments app, said it will take a 70.2% stake in privately held T&D Financial Life Insurance.
Sony Group is spinning off control of its home entertainment business to Chinese rival TCL Electronics.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2026
Sony to cede control of Bravia TVs to China’s TCL
The PlayStation-maker said Tuesday it will sell a 51% stake in its home entertainment arm to TCL.
The Cabinet Office has asked X to improve safeguards and curb the output of sexually altered images by Grok, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 16, 2026
Musk’s Grok AI faces scrutiny from Japan over sexualized images
The Cabinet Office has asked the social media platform to improve safeguards and curb the output of sexually altered images by Grok, Economic Security Minister Kimi Onoda said.
Fuji Media Holdings has rejected investors’ calls for a spinoff of its valuable but noncore real estate arm.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 16, 2025
Fuji Media shares jump on activist Nomura’s threat to take 33.3%
The pressure comes as Fuji is trying to recover from a sexual assault scandal that has damaged its reputation and cost it sponsors and viewers.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Asia conference in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2025
SoftBank’s Son ‘cried’ about Nvidia stake sale to fund AI bets
Son, addressing for the first time the surprise disclosure that SoftBank had unloaded its stake in the world’s most valuable company, also slammed talk of an AI investment bubble.
SoftBank shares have plunged around 40% since late October as it sits at the forefront of a global AI selloff.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 26, 2025
SoftBank’s 40% slide from peak shows worry over giant OpenAI bet
Growing unease over frothy artificial intelligence valuations is weighing on shares of SoftBank Group, which traders increasingly view as a proxy for privately held OpenAI.
A scene photo from the film “Kokuho”
CULTURE / Film
Nov 25, 2025
Oscar entry ‘Kokuho’ breaks 22-year-old Japan box-office record
“Kokuho” has won over critics with its lush cinematography and portrayal of the little-known world of kabuki.
PayPay has taken a 40% stake in Binance’s Japan unit.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2025
SoftBank’s PayPay invests in Binance Japan to expand in crypto
The companies plan to launch a service that will allow users to buy crypto through Binance using their PayPay accounts, they said.
Nikkei and the Asahi Shimbun have sued Perplexity AI over alleged copyright infringement.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2025
Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun sue Perplexity AI over alleged copyright violations
The newspapers are seeking an injunction and ?2.2 billion each in damages from Perplexity, they said in a joint statement. The suit was filed at the Tokyo District Court.
Visitors at the EdgeCortix booth during the AI Expo Tokyo event in Tokyo in May 2023
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2025
Japan backs AI chip startup EdgeCortix in boost to defense tech
The startup secured government subsidies of ?3 billion to develop energy-efficient AI chiplets for commercialization in 2027.
James Rosewald, co-founder of Dalton Investments, speaks during an interview at the company's office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2025
Dalton connects with activist investor-linked fund to pressure Fuji Media
Dalton is trying to pressure Fuji Media after the broadcaster earlier this month spurned the fund’s proposal for 12 new directors, including SBI Holdings’ Yoshitaka Kitao.
Akira Shimada, CEO of NTT, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2025
NTT to launch $16.5 billion tender offer for NTT Data in AI push
91AV原创 biggest telecom operator is launching a tender offer of ?4,000 per share for all stock it doesn’t own in NTT Data.
Technicians at work in the clean room of a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Ibaraki Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 1, 2025
Japan plans to curb exports of chips and quantum-computing tech
The government is expanding its list of export-controlled items to include advanced chips, lithography equipment and cryocoolers needed for the manufacture of quantum computers.
Akira Amari, a former economy minister, championed funneling large sums of public money into building up the country’s semiconductor capacity.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 29, 2024
91AV原创 chip push loses key advocate after election defeat
Akira Amari had championed funneling large sums of public money into building up the country’s semiconductor capacity.
NEC CEO Takayuki Morita
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 25, 2024
91AV原创 military pivot is firing up NEC’s defense tech business
NEC is targeting more than 60% revenue growth in its aviation, space and defense unit by March 2026.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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