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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Japan AI Policy and Regulation
The most permissive text-and-data-mining regime among major economies, and an AI law with no penalties — Japan regulates AI mainly by choosing not to.
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.
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