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Takashi Mochizuki
Fast-moving artificial intelligence data-center operators are demanding hard-drive suppliers pack ever more storage into limited spaces.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2026
AI data-center boom ignites bidding war for critical TDK unit
The winning bidder for TDK’s magnetic-heads business would be able to expand in-house capabilities in the $23 billion hard-drive market.
An Osaka-based manufacturer of fine powders for face makeup used by geisha is now providing raw materials for capacitors necessary in artificial intelligence data centers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 28, 2026
From geisha face paint to servers, Sakai Chemical emerges as AI linchpin
Production capacity is quickly filling up at the Osaka-based company, which provides raw materials for capacitors necessary in AI data centers.
Yoshihisa Kainuma, chairman of Minebea Mitsumi, says the company plans to focus on ballooning orders for its ball bearings, used inside AI server fans and humanoid joints.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2026
Minebea Mitsumi pauses acquisitions to chase AI returns
The key supplier to Nintendo is eyeing climbing market forecasts for data centers and humanoid robots, and sees “unlimited” upside ahead.
Kioxia CEO Hiroo Ota didn’t rule out price hikes in the future?but said Kioxia’s priority for now was on keeping chip prices at their current high levels.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2026
Kioxia dismisses SK Hynix tie-up and vows to ease chip price rises
Memory chipmakers are embarking on costly production capacity increases to meet soaring orders from AI service providers.
Daisuke Okanohara, co-founder and CEO of Preferred Networks, says the startup is seeking to go public to mass-produce its chips, during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2026
91AV原创 Preferred Networks seeks IPO to keep up in AI chip race
The Tokyo-based outfit is stepping up efforts to custom-design semiconductors tailored to run AI models.
Fujifilm this month opened a new fabrication building that will help it triple production of post-CMP cleaners — essential for removing particles and residues from wafers after chemical-mechanical polishing — at its factory in Oita Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2026
Fujifilm expands key chip material output to capture AI demand
It has opened a new fabrication building that will boost output of post-CMP cleaners essential for removing particles and residues from wafers after chemical-mechanical polishing.
Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC are partnering on next-generation image sensors for robots and cars, a person familiar with the plans says.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 10, 2026
Sony and TSMC to invest ?1 trillion in joint chip plant in Japan
The Japanese company’s chip arm Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC are partnering on next-generation image sensors for robots and cars.
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment is considering an investment that would see the construction of one of the largest data centers in Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2026
UAE fund weighs $6.3 billion AI data center investment in Japan
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment is considering funding the construction of what would be one of the largest data centers in Japan.
Kioxia Holdings on Friday forecast operating income of ?3.16 trillion ($19.7 billion) for its fiscal half-year, which translates into a weaker-than-anticipated ?1.89 trillion projection for the current quarter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2026
Kioxia’s outlook miss clouds optimism about memory chip boom
The firm forecast operating income of ?3.16 trillion for its fiscal half-year, which translates into a weaker-than-anticipated ?1.89 trillion projection for the current quarter
Sony says artificial intelligence-powered tools will help artists create more entertainment content, while streamlining the production of films, videos and games across its businesses.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2026
Sony raises outlook after entertainment drives earnings jump
Sony has been shifting its resources toward accumulating entertainment assets spanning music, games and anime, while scaling back in low-margin areas in consumer electronics.
Kei Uruma, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Electric, says his firm aims to reach a deal by September with rivals Toshiba and Rohm to combine their power semiconductor operations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 19, 2026
Mitsubishi Electric eyes power-chip merger with Rohm and Toshiba
The move would consolidate three of the world’s top suppliers of a growing segment of the electronics supply chain.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is visiting Japan this week to drum up more business and excitement around the potential of artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2026
Nvidia expands Toyota AI partnership for smart cities and factories
Extending the reach of AI beyond the data center and integrating it directly into devices and machines is an industrywide focus this year.
Hiroo Ota (center left), CEO of Kioxia Holdings, and others unveil Kioxia's new 3D flash memory chip at its Kitakami plant in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2026
Kioxia ships samples of new flash memory for AI data centers
The Tokyo-based chipmaker’s latest high-density 3D flash memory chips aim to better meet AI data center needs with better efficiency and transmission speeds.
Kioxia Holdings has grown into 91AV原创 most valuable company this year thanks to an AI-fueled boom for memory products.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2026
Kioxia plans new U.S. listing in spring and stock split at home
The supplier of NAND storage aims to take advantage of runaway demand for exposure to AI-related semiconductor stocks.
TDK sees Fabric8Labs' 3D-printing technology as an efficient way to process pure copper into cold plates connecting to semiconductors inside data center servers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2026
TDK buys U.S. 3D-printing startup to amp up AI ecosystem bet
The Tokyo-based supplier of iPhone batteries is optimistic about Fabric8Labs’ 3D-printing technology for data center server applications.
Multilayer ceramic capacitors, which are tiny components that regulate and stabilize power flow in electronic devices, are becoming a growing bottleneck in the construction of artificial intelligence data centers.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 29, 2026
Taiyo Yuden sees ‘scary’ levels of AI parts demand risking supply chain
The Tokyo-based company and Murata Manufacturing comprise the bulk of the world’s supplies of high-end multilayer ceramic capacitors needed for artificial intelligence.
Countries including Japan see the ability to control chips, data centers and AI models as directly related to national resilience in a landscape dominated by U.S. and Chinese technology.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2026
Sakura Internet eyes more spending to meet AI data center demand
The data center operator is eyeing an allocation of as much as ?20 billion to ?30 billion ($125 million to $190 million) this fiscal year, founder and CEO Kunihiro Tanaka has said.
The components of a Kioxia solid-state drive. Shares are up more than 300% this year for the Tokyo-based company.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 18, 2026
Kioxia shares awash in buy orders after AI-driven profit surge
The Tokyo-based company said it expects to earn an operating profit of ?1.3 trillion during the June quarter, above the record profit it earned for the full year ended March.
A Kioxia semiconductor manufacturing plant in Japan
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2026
Kioxia prepares U.S. shares after riding AI boom to big profit
The Tokyo-based firm’s meteoric rise encapsulates the booming demand for memory as hyperscalers rush to build AI infrastructure.
TDK CEO Noboru Saito says the firm is prepared to add investments to ride the global boom in generative artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2026
TDK ready to step up investment to ride AI wave
CEO Noboru Saito sees the surge of AI applications and services escalating the need for denser and more advanced energy storage.
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.
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.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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