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The vending machine at Hiroshi Nishitani’s Tokyo ramen restaurant has been reliable for a decade. Customers feed it money, and it prints out their orders while he makes fresh noodles in the kitchen. The food is served within minutes once the customer delivers the order to the pair of cooks at the counter.
TOKYO -- Japanese government-backed chipmaker Rapidus is aiming for higher sales for its cutting-edge semiconductors than previously anticipated as it expects strong demand for AI in PCs and smartphones.
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japanese household spending rose for the first time in 14 months in April from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, although the tepid growth showed consumers remained reluctant to loosen their purse-strings in the face of higher prices.
TOKYO -- It's 50 years since Kenji Yamamoto opened the doors at what would become part of the fabric of Japan: the country's first modern-day convenience store. But 50 years from now, Japan's population is projected to shrink by close to a third, and the fate of a multibillion-dollar industry will hang on how its big players negotiate essential growth overseas.
WASHINGTON -- More U.S. military leaders, active and retired, are using the term "clarity" when talking about Washington's response to a Chinese attempt to unify Taiwan by force, in a departure from the long-held foreign policy of strategic ambiguity.
TOKYO/LONDON --U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Management is pressuring SoftBank Group to reward shareholders now that the Japanese investment powerhouse has shored up its finances, according to sources familiar with the matter.
TOKYO -- This week's successful launches of Boeing's Starliner capsule and SpaceX's Starship rocket highlight how private-sector competition is driving the U.S. space program, a model that countries like China, India and Japan are drawing on as well.