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Nissan Motor CEO Ivan Espinosa (left) Wayve Technologies CEO Alex Kendall shake hands at a signing ceremony for a collaboration agreement between the two companies in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2025
Nissan to deploy tech from AI self-driving startup Wayve
While fully driverless cars remain some way off, the two companies said that their tie-up would help develop systems in real-world conditions.
Haneda Airport's international departure lobby in April 2023. Under U.S. President Donald Trump, travelers and immigrants have been scrutinized more aggressively.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 10, 2025
U.S. may require tourists to disclose social media history to customs
The U.S. is planning to require all foreign tourists to disclose five years of their social media history under a new proposal for enhanced border security.
Keio University President Kohei Ito (left) and OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon sign a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 10, 2025
Keio and OpenAI sign MOU on integration of AI into university
The maker of ChatGPT will work closely with the Japanese institution on a range of projects.
Young passengers use their smartphones in a train near Central Station in Sydney on Nov. 19.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 10, 2025
Australia begins enforcing teen social media ban in world-first crackdown
Canberra says unprecedented measures are needed to protect children from “predatory algorithms” filling phone screens with bullying, sex and violence.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. Unlike conventional keyword-based search tools, the AI service for searching through disclosure materials allows for prompts such as "companies whose dividend predictions rose at least 20%."
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 10, 2025
Japan exchange launches AI-powered disclosure search service
With around 150,000 disclosure documents filed each year, the service is aimed at improving investor convenience by enhancing search functions.
Jensen Huang (center), chief executive officer of Nvidia, takes questions during the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2025
Trump’s Nvidia deal reshapes China strategy and risks supercharging Xi’s AI push
The move raises questions about how far the U.S. president will go to steady ties with his Chinese counterpart.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on April 30.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2025
Trump’s reprieve for Nvidia’s H200 spurred by Huawei’s AI gains
The U.S. president concluded the move carried a lower security risk because Huawei already offers AI systems with comparable performance.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House in Washington in April.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
Trump’s Nvidia shift hands Xi opening on national security curbs
The president granted the tech company permission to export its high-end H200 chip to China, watering down years of U.S. national security safeguards.
Jensen Huang, president and chief executive of Nvidia, delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC conference in Washington on Oct. 28.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 9, 2025
U.S. to allow Nvidia H200 chip shipments to China, Trump says
The U.S. government will collect a 25% fee on such sales, an approach the U.S. president says will apply to other AI chipmakers.
Chimpanzees show genuine reasoning and metacognition — the ability to weigh evidence, update beliefs and judge what they do or don’t know — while current AI systems do not.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2025
AI thinks it’s smart. Chimps may beg to differ.
Many people believe that animals with higher intelligence deserve to be treated more humanely, or at least not used for food.
Artificial intelligence holds promise for preserving endangered languages, but without meaningful community involvement, speakers of indigenous and regional dialects risk further marginalization as their languages vanish from the digital world.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2025
Can AI save dying languages?
A report from Stanford’s Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence earlier this year found that most major large-language models, or LLMs, underperform in non-English.
Though China remains a one-party state that disappears dissidents and censors ideas, it has vaulted past Japan, Germany and France to become the world’s 10th-most innovative economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2025
How China achieved innovation without freedom
Smart authoritarianism is not about maximizing growth; it is about balancing economic objectives with the imperative of regime survival.
Teens watch a TikTok video with their friends in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 13. Australia is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law.
WORLD / Society
Dec 8, 2025
‘Not black or white’: Teens worldwide react to Australia social media ban
The move will be closely watched by other countries, which could follow suit with similar laws.
The Casio Mini, the world’s first personal calculator, is seen at the Toshio Kashio Memorial Museum of Invention in Tokyo on Nov. 25.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2025
Number’s up: Calculators hold out against AI
The humble pocket calculator may not be able to keep up with the mathematical capabilities of new technology, but it will never hallucinate.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Asia conference in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2025
SoftBank in talks to buy data-center investor DigitalBridge
The Japanese conglomerate is negotiating a potential deal to buy the firm as it seeks to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a policy speech during a Lower House plenary session on Oct. 24.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 7, 2025
Japan aims to raise public AI use to 80%
The draft emphasizes the need to boost AI usage with a view to developing Japan’s own AI technologies.
People cast their early ballots at a polling station in Lansing, Michigan, in November 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 6, 2025
AI chatbots can sway voters’ political views, studies say
The most common tactic used by chatbots to persuade was “being polite and providing evidence.”
The European Commission on Friday imposed a €120 million penalty on Elon Musk's X for breaching European Union online content rules.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 6, 2025
Europe continues Big Tech crackdown with X fine in defiance of Trump
Europe is forging ahead with its crackdown on Big Tech, levying fines on Alphabet's Google and Elon Musk's X and opening new investigations, asserting its sovereign right to enforce its laws in defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump.
A representative from Noitom Robotics demonstraties remote robot operation at the iREX International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 5, 2025
Spotlight shines on humanoid robots at Tokyo show
The 2025 International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo is showcasing humanoid robots who can perform duties ranging from extinguishing fires to working alongside humans in an office.
SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday in Seoul.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2025
SoftBank Group CEO meets with South Korean president
The pair discussed cooperation in the fields of AI and semiconductors, as well as infrastructure investment.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.

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