Japan

Japan doubles down on Trump's Genesis AI supercomputing effort

RIKEN links up with Argonne, Fujitsu, and Nvidia to build next-gen infrastructure

HPC27 Jan 2026 |

Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut

Asia in Brief PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!

Legal12 Jan 2026 | 29

Japan loses another H3 launcher, plus the satnav bird it carried

25 percent failure rate for JAXA's space truck, with the second stage again proving perilous

Science23 Dec 2025 | 8

Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan

APAC in Brief PLUS: Debian supports Chinese chips ; Hong Kong’s Christmas Karaoke crackdown; Asahi admits it should have prevented hack; And more!

Public Sector22 Dec 2025 | 10

Japan just sent origami to space to unfurl possibilities for outsized antennas

That’s just one of 16 innovative and experimental sats that launched Sunday

Science15 Dec 2025 | 5

Kyocera claims 5.2 Gbps underwater laser data blast in lab tests

Japanese outfit aims to improve comms for aquatic drones

Networks08 Dec 2025 | 14

Here’s your worst nightmare: E-tailer can only resume partial sales 45 days after ransomware attack

Japan’s Askul still can’t run all its sites, but at least the fax line held up OK

Security03 Dec 2025 | 9

Asahi admits ransomware gang may have spilled almost 2M people's data

Brewer finally tallies fallout from September attack as it pushes earnings into 2026

Cyber-crime27 Nov 2025 | 5

70-hour work weeks no longer enough for Infosys founder, who praises China’s 996 culture

Asia In Brief PLUS: Manga publishers win Cloudflare copyright case; India, EU to link payment systems; Storm over Australia’s weather website; And more!

Security24 Nov 2025 | 86

Jaguar Land Rover hack cost India's Tata Motors around $2.4 billion and counting

Asia In Brief PLUS: Active noise cancellation for entire rooms; More trouble for Korea Telecom; The Wiggles apologize for bad batteries; and more

Security17 Nov 2025 | 23

Marketing giant Dentsu warns staff after Merkle data raid

Emails confirm payroll and bank details lifted in cyberattack on US subsidiary

Cyber-crime29 Oct 2025 | 1

Japan tells OpenAI to stop spiriting away its copyrighted anime

Tokyo cries foul over Sora slop abusing 'irreplaceable treasures' of anime, manga - oh, and copyright law

AI + ML15 Oct 2025 | 12

Japanese city passes two-hours-a-day smartphone usage ordinance

Symbolic gesture aims to help citizens sleep. Next: Doing something about people who walk while using their phones

Legal24 Sep 2025 | 43

Turns out Hayabusa2's next asteroid target isn't much bigger than the probe itself

It's also spinning twice as fast than thought, making a tricky rendezvous even trickier

Science19 Sep 2025 | 12

Cyber-scam camp operators shift operations to vulnerable countries as sanctions strike

Asia in Brief PLUS: Japan woos Micron, again; China launches chip dumping probe; Mitsubishi expands opsec empire; and more!

Cyber-crime15 Sep 2025 |

Japan exploring whether AI could help inspect its nuclear power plants

If regulators heed the lessons of Fukushima, testing will have to jump Godzilla-sized hurdles

AI + ML28 Aug 2025 | 16

Australian university used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors

Asia In Brief PLUS: India bans ‘money’ games; SK Hynix cranks out 321-layer SSDs; Fastly re-thinking CDNs for Asia; and more!

Security25 Aug 2025 | 46

Google admits anticompetitive conduct in Australia, agrees to modest fine

Asia In Brief PLUS: Philippines bans gambling payments; Indonesia warns Roblox; China lures young scientists; And more!

Legal18 Aug 2025 | 12

Chromebook sales surged in Q2 thanks to Japanese schools

UPDATED Tablets have also been growing for six straight quarters, says Canalys

Personal Tech05 Aug 2025 | 7

Clouds and submarine cables report no impact from sixth-largest earthquake in recorded history, subsequent tsunami

Russian rumbler has authorities across the Pacific warning of possible problems

Science30 Jul 2025 | 5

Japan discovers object out beyond Pluto that rewrites the Planet 9 theory

Asia In Brief PLUS: Perplexity AI scores 360-million-customer win in India; Australian billionaire’s political party suffers data breach, won’t contact victims; and more

Science21 Jul 2025 | 15

Foundry competition heats up as Japan’s Rapidus says 2nm chip tech on track for 2027

That's just... checks notes... two years behind everyone else

Systems18 Jul 2025 | 8

Google Indonesia tangled up in $600 million Chromebook corruption probe

Asia In Brief PLUS: China’s massive lithium find; Cisco’s new Asia boss; Japan and EU plan satcomms collab; and more

Public Sector14 Jul 2025 | 8

Trump administration announces tariffs that may make plenty of tech more expensive from August 1

World War Fee Memory from Korea, hard disks from Thailand, plenty of stuff from Japan

Public Sector08 Jul 2025 | 62

Canada orders Chinese CCTV biz Hikvision to quit the country ASAP

Asia In Brief PLUS: Broadband blimps to fly in Japan; Starbucks China put ads before privacy; and more!

Public Sector30 Jun 2025 | 30

Japanese company using mee-AI-ow to detect stressed cats

Rabo’s ‘Catlog’ smart collar sniffs for freaked-out felines, alerts owners with an app

AI + ML26 Jun 2025 | 23

Japan's sequel to Fugaku supercomputer will be Arm'd to the teeth

Fujitsu picked to build system using 'MONAKA-X' CPUs

SC2519 Jun 2025 | 5

Japan set to join the re-usable rocket club after Honda sticks a landing

France announced its own effort to build re-usable engines on the same day

Science18 Jun 2025 | 31

Japan builds near $700M fund to lure foreign academic talent

For researchers yearning to earn some yen and escape Trump 2.0

Science16 Jun 2025 | 13

TSMC strengthens Japan ties with joint R&D lab in Tokyo

University collab underscores pivot to Asia amid unpredictable US policy

Systems12 Jun 2025 | 1

Japan serves Google a cease and desist order over its Android bundling deals

Won't let the Big G require its apps and search to be installed on smartphones

Public Sector16 Apr 2025 | 27

China cracks down on personal information collection. No, seriously

Asia In Brief PLUS: Indonesia crimps social media, allows iPhones; India claims rocket boost; In-flight GenAI for Japan Airlines

Security31 Mar 2025 | 12

Meanwhile, in Japan, train stations are being 3D-printed in an afternoon

How's that for Platform-as-a-Service?

Offbeat28 Mar 2025 | 55

China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms

Asia In Brief PLUS: Zoho's Ulaa anointed India’s most patriotic browser; Typhoon-like gang targets Taiwan; Japan debates offensive cyber-ops; and more

Security23 Mar 2025 | 19

Huawei revenue growing fast, suggesting China's scoffing at sanctions

Asia In Brief PLUS: Japan shifts to pre-emptive cyber-defense; Thailand cuts cords connecting scam camps; China to launch 'moon hopper' in 2026; and more!

Security09 Feb 2025 | 11

Japanese police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs

‘MirrorFace’ group found ways to run malware in the Windows sandbox, which may be worrying

Security09 Jan 2025 | 6

Infosys founder calls for 70-hour work week – again – claiming it creates jobs

Asia In Brief Plus: China wants to end AI mashups of classic vids; TSMC set to open Japan fab; and more

On-Prem16 Dec 2024 | 51

Astroscale orbital janitor gets within 15 meters of space junk

Couldn't reach out and touch it, but still happy as this attempt was out of mission scope

Science13 Dec 2024 | 23

Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge

Asia in Brief Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more

Software01 Dec 2024 | 37

Panasonic brings its founder back to life as an AI

Digital clone of Kōnosuke Matsushita to dispense management advice to new generation

AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 18

Helpline for Yakuza victims fears it leaked their personal info

Organized crime types tend not to be kind to those who go against them, so this is nasty

Security22 Nov 2024 | 20

Put your usernames and passwords in your will, advises Japan's government

Digital end of life planning saves your loved ones from a little extra anguish

Software21 Nov 2024 | 74

Japan looks to nuclear energy to power AI-powered datacenter boom

Shuttered reactor's operator says it's needed - once giant seawall is finished

Off-Prem20 Nov 2024 | 17

US, China agree machines must not be allowed to control nuclear weapons

ASIA IN BRIEF PLUS: LG struts catwalk in stretchy screen; Samsung’s strike nears end; Vietnam warns Chinese e-commerce players; and more

AI + ML17 Nov 2024 | 16

Southeast Asian nations revise semiconductor strategies as Trump's shadow looms

Analysis Korea wants to get rid of overtime cap while Japan splashes cash with vague funding

Systems13 Nov 2024 | 4

AI chip startup Tenstorrent to train Japan's engineers in $50M government deal

Government wants to make semiconductors big on home turf again

Systems07 Nov 2024 | 5

Japan's wooden cube-shaped satellite rockets to space

Wooden datacenters? Japan can build spacecraft out of the stuff

Networks05 Nov 2024 | 24

Toyota and Joby complete Japan's first air taxi flight test

Automaker bets big on startup while other promising eVTOL companies scrape around for funding

Personal Tech05 Nov 2024 | 27

Japan's space agency to build a digital twin of its ISS module – right before it retires

It's the space economy, stupid

Science01 Nov 2024 | 4

Indonesia bans iPhone 16 over Apple’s undelivered investment promises

ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Singapore building two Supercomputers; Toyota to rebuild IT with Fujitsu AI; Are Samsung engineers jumping ship?

Public Sector27 Oct 2024 | 5

US leans on Japan to curb sales of chipmaking equipment to China

Tokyo between a rock and a hard place as Beijing threatens to retaliate

Systems22 Oct 2024 | 5

Bandai Namco reportedly tries to bore staff into quitting, skirting Japan’s labor laws

Welcome to the oidashi beya, aka expulsion rooms

Offbeat16 Oct 2024 | 60

India scores its first fab, and it looks like it was at Japan's expense

PSMC does a deal with Tata in what really might be – all hype aside – an actual 'key milestone'

Systems30 Sep 2024 | 1

Japanese orgs now paying salaries direct into e-wallets

Starting at SoftBank, using its own PayPay service

Software27 Sep 2024 | 11

VMware reportedly probed by Japanese anti-monopoly cops

Updated Broadcom's software bundles under scrutiny after perhaps irking Fujitsu

Virtualization25 Sep 2024 | 6

Plunging printer sales see Japan's Ricoh plan 2,000 redundancies

ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Superapps in trouble across Asia; Indonesia connectivity doubles; Alibaba turns 25; and more!

On-Prem16 Sep 2024 | 1