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TOKYO -- Japanese telecom company SoftBank is investing 150 billion yen ($960 million) by 2025 to give its computing facilities the number crunching power needed to develop world-class generative artificial intelligence, Nikkei has learned.
Whenever a suspicion of doping arises in an Olympics, attention can shift quickly from the athletes who won gold, silver and bronze medals to the ones who missed out.
SYDNEY (AP) -- The world's top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that their samples had been contaminated.
TOKYO -- Takashimaya, the Japanese operator of upscale department stores, plans to open a shopping center in Hanoi as soon as 2026, for what would be the company's first new location abroad in eight years.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters have gone missing since late Saturday after flying in an area of the Pacific, south of Tokyo, Defense Ministry and MSDF officials said.
TOKYO -- While the Japanese manga industry is increasingly catering to global and digital native audiences, experts say nurturing the next generation of artists who could replicate the success of Akira Toriyama, who died in March, will not be easy.
TOKYO -- The strained relationship between Australia and China has finally begun to thaw, thanks to efforts by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to patch up ties with the country's major trading partner. Yet the rapprochement with China is not the only economic diplomacy Canberra is pursuing: It is also seeking a major change in relations with Southeast Asia's regional bloc, ASEAN.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific late Saturday, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven still missing, Japan's defense minister said Sunday.