An increasing number of companies are looking to automate as a shortage of skilled workers is expected to take a toll on manufacturers through 2030. Tokyo- and Atlanta-based startup Mujin, which develops […]
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Back to news homeGoogle’s AI-powered search expands outside U.S. to India and Japan
Google is bringing its generative AI search experience to the first countries outside the U.S., the company announced today, starting with expansions in India and Japan. The new AI-powered search […]
Can Shrinking Be Good for Japan? A Marxist Best Seller Makes the Case.
When Kohei Saito decided to write about “degrowth communism,” his editor was understandably skeptical. Communism is unpopular in Japan. Economic growth is gospel.So a book arguing that Japan should view […]
Japan’s Stock Market Is Booming. Here’s Why.
The prime minister, Shinzo Abe, stood in front of the cameras in 2014 and said he was going to shake up the staid ways companies operated in Japan. It was […]
WeWork Faces More Turmoil After Its CEO Departs
Sandeep Mathrani was supposed to be WeWork’s savior.A real estate executive, he became the chief executive of the troubled office space company in 2020 after a failed initial public offering […]
Japanese construction tech Aldagram nails down backing from Panasonic
Aldagram, a startup out of Japan developing project management software for construction companies, has picked up a new strategic backer to help it build out its footprint across Asia and […]
LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots
When Masaya Aso worked on autonomous driving technology at Bosch in Japan and Germany, he realized that “many tasks were still manual as over 85% of warehouses have almost no […]
Nissan finally shows off the Max-Out EV convertible concept in IRL
Way back in November 2021, Nissan shared renderings of four electric vehicle concepts with intriguing names like Chill-Out, Surf-Out, Hang-Out and Max-Out as part of its announcement to invest $17.6 […]
Energy X secures $20M at $120M valuation to slash building sector emissions
Countries worldwide have pledged to reduce their energy usage and reach net-zero energy targets by 2050. To get there, they will need to find clever ways to decarbonize especially dirty […]
Southeast Asia farm-to-table startup Secai Marche raises Series A
Secai Marche, a farm-to-table fulfillment platform serving farmers in Japan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has raised 210 million Japanese yen (about $1.6 million USD) in Series A funding. […]