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Shares of taxi app Go rose 21% in its Tokyo debut, after raising $553 million in Japan’s biggest IPO this year, giving the company a market value of around $1.16 billion (Yasutaka Tamura/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 16, 2026

Yasutaka Tamura / Bloomberg: Shares of taxi app Go rose 21% in its Tokyo debut, after raising $553 million in…

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After years of uncertainty, including listing delays, shares of memory chip maker Kioxia have risen 56-fold in 18 months, making it Japan’s most valuable company (Shuhei Ochiai/Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: SpaceX’s IPO Triumph, Anthropic’s Fable Fumble, OpenAI’s Price War The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

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Japan’s frigate diplomacy – and what it could mean for Taiwan – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 23, 2026

In mid-April 2026, Taiwanese media reported that the Republic of China Navy (ROC) is currently evaluating Japan’s upgraded Mogami-class frigate,…

Asia

Japan’s Middle Power Arming Strategy in the Indo-Pacific – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 13, 2026

Japan’s recent wave of defense diplomacy Manila has Jakarta, Canberra has Wellington – has raised familiar concerns about the country’s…

Asia

The GPM and Japan’s first step in party diplomacy – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 8, 2026

The Global Progressive Mobilization (GPM), convened in Barcelona on April 17 and 18, 2026 by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez,…

Asia

ASEAN unity and Japan’s role in the face of US-China tensions – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 8, 2026

As Sino-American tensions persist, will ASEAN remain a scene of competition between the two great powers? Or will the region…

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Japan’s $23 billion data center market is expected to grow about 50% by 2030, with 90% of sites concentrated in densely populated areas, sparking resistance from residents (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 3, 2026

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Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

By Frank M. EverettApril 8, 2026

Japan’s dispatch of combat troops to participate in upcoming exercises in the Philippines is a sign of a shift toward…

Technology

Sources: Japan’s FTC raids Microsoft offices in Japan as part of investigation into whether Azure customers were improperly blocked from using other cloud services (Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

Nikkei Asia: Sources: Japan’s FTC is raiding Microsoft’s offices in Japan as part of an investigation into whether Azure customers…

Survivors of Myanmar landmine blasts struggle with severed limbs and shattered lives – The Diplomat

Satellite images suggest North Korea is upgrading its ports to accommodate new, larger destroyers – Radio Free Asia

The KMT chair returns from its tour of the United States – The Diplomat

It’s time to revive a forgotten partnership – The Diplomat

Japan eyes homegrown FMS as defense exports become strategic tool – The Diplomat

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OpenAI CSO Jason Kwon told staff the company had “firmly” told the US government that building AI “requires top talent from around the world” (The Information)

Global model startup Odyssey has raised $310 million from Amazon and others at a valuation of $1.45 billion and will use AWS as its preferred cloud partner, deploying Trainium chips (Financial Times)

Sources: A new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former head of Alibaba’s Qwen models, has raised several hundred million dollars at a post-money valuation of around $2 billion (The Information)

Sources: Meta decided to support KOSA after it was packed with language anticipating state AI laws and a bill requiring app stores to verify users’ ages (Politico)

Anthropic is pausing its planned move to token-based billing for the Claude Agent SDK that it planned to implement on June 15, saying "Nothing changes for now" (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Browsing: Japans

Shares of taxi app Go rose 21% in its Tokyo debut, after raising $553 million in Japan’s biggest IPO this year, giving the company a market value of around $1.16 billion (Yasutaka Tamura/Bloomberg)

After years of uncertainty, including listing delays, shares of memory chip maker Kioxia have risen 56-fold in 18 months, making it Japan’s most valuable company (Shuhei Ochiai/Nikkei Asia)

Japan’s frigate diplomacy – and what it could mean for Taiwan – The Diplomat

Japan’s Middle Power Arming Strategy in the Indo-Pacific – The Diplomat

The GPM and Japan’s first step in party diplomacy – The Diplomat

ASEAN unity and Japan’s role in the face of US-China tensions – The Diplomat

Japan’s $23 billion data center market is expected to grow about 50% by 2030, with 90% of sites concentrated in densely populated areas, sparking resistance from residents (Financial Times)

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Sources: Japan’s FTC raids Microsoft offices in Japan as part of investigation into whether Azure customers were improperly blocked from using other cloud services (Nikkei Asia)