China silver panda coin craze hits Japan as gold soars beyond reach
TOKYO -- People in Japan are flocking to China's commemorative silver coins featuring giant pandas at a time when the price of gold keeps reaching new highs.
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Blocked views of Japan’s Mount Fuji force developer to stop building project after outcry
The mountain has appeared in novels, artworks such as the “ukiyo-e” woodblock prints crafted by Hokusai, postage stamps, corporate logos and even the country’s banknotes.
Doping Regulator Knew of Previous Positive Tests by Chinese Swimmers
After the revelation in April that 23 elite Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned substance months before the last Summer Olympic Games, China and the global antidoping authority vigorously defended their decisions to allow them to compete in the Games in 2021. The swimmers, they insisted, had not been doping.
Japan to send 200 engineers to U.S. for AI chip training at Tenstorrent
TOKYO -- A research organization led by Japanese chipmaker Rapidus will send 200 engineers to the U.S. to train at startup Tenstorrent, which build chips for artificial intelligence, Nikkei has learned.
Japan's Sakana AI by Google alums to become unicorn in under a year
TOKYO -- Sakana AI, a startup cofounded by former Google researchers, is planning a funding round as early as this month that would value it at over $1 billion, Nikkei has learned, achieving the fastest jump to unicorn status by a Japanese company.
Japan has no plans to seek a suspension of Osprey flights despite restrictions in US
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense chief said Friday that Japanese and American V-22 Ospreys are being safely operated in his country, and that he has no plans to request a flight suspension despite restrictions in the U.S. where ongoing safety and performance assessments will continue until next year.
China eyes Sea of Japan access via Russia-North Korea border river
BEIJING -- China, Russia and North Korea are expected to start discussions soon about allowing ships to navigate a border river into the Sea of Japan, which could have major security implications for Tokyo.
Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: AI's looming climate cost
Hello from Tokyo. If someone told you that artificial intelligence leaves a big carbon footprint and has a serious impact on climate change, what images would come to mind? Your imagination might stray to the realm of science fiction and a world where AI-powered robots have become so humanlike that they actually breathe just like us -- exhaling carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.