Latest about Japan
Fujitsu and Keio University partner on automated internet 'trust layer'
News The pair want to create an interface that draws information from different sources, like experts or physical tools like sensors, to verify the authenticity of data posted on the internet
Japan investigates potential Russian Killnet cyber attacks
News The hacker group has said it’s revolting against the country’s militarism and that it’s “kicking the samurai”
Toshiba smashes AI engineer recruitment targets
News The company has also outlined seven principles to help train human resources to research, develop, and use AI
Japan’s second biggest telco finally fixes network after three-day outage
News KDDI’s disruption affected over 39 million users, with the government announcing it would set up an expert panel to investigate the matter
Tencent to open third data centre in Japan
News There is currently over 183 MW of data centre capacity under construction in the country
Japan aims to reduce reliance on major cloud providers
News This comes after the government selected AWS and Google Cloud for a major cloud computing project last October
AWS and Google win Japanese government cloud contract
News The government aims to digitally transform its ministries and municipalities, some of which still use floppy disks
Why does Japan lag behind on startups?
In-depth The country has a reputation as a tech leader, but its startup ecosystem has yet to achieve its potential
