Japan AI Industry Map
Which labs actually ship models, why SoftBank and NTT are building compute domestically, and where METI money lands.
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AI Industry Guides
Reference guides to how Asia builds, buys, and regulates artificial intelligence — researched once, kept current.
Japan
Japan Robotics Landscape
Fanuc, Yaskawa, Kawasaki, and Denso still set the industrial standard — but the growth is in warehouses and care homes, where labor shortages make…
Japan Semiconductor Ecosystem
Rapidus's 2nm bet, the materials and equipment suppliers the world can't route around, and what METI's subsidies have actually purchased.
China
China AI Industry Map
Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei bundle AI with cloud and hardware; Moonshot, 01.AI, and Zhipu compete on models. Domestic substitution is the organizing logic.
China Semiconductor Ecosystem
SMIC and Hua Hong hold the mature nodes, packaging and test remain world-class, and the equipment gap sits in lithography and metrology. What export…
Asia-wide
Asia AI Regulation Tracker
Japan leans voluntary, China prescriptive, South Korea statutory, Singapore framework-driven. Five markets, five philosophies, and why one AI product won't clear all of them.
East Asian Technology Intelligence
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