Japan’s tech news, December: Proposal made by lawmaker to establish a Japan bitcoin reserve; an introduction to Japan-based Incubate Fund Asia; the NFT-driven Neo-Yamakoshi Village, using income to care for the ageing community; and more.
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- Japan Airlines services are restored following disruptions caused by what are believed to have been DDoS cyberattacks / full item
- Japan: Here’s an overview of items covered in the recent, second CBDC liaison meeting between the Bank of Japan and related government ministries / full item
- An intro here to Japan Smart Chain, an Ethereum-based blockchain, validated onshore in Japan by Japanese industrials, optimized for Japanese regulations and consumer protections / full item
- Japan: TechGALA 2025, Aichi Prefecture’s first international startup conference, took place February 4-6 – meet the 16 startup finalists that pitched / full item
- A Japanese lawmaker has asked the government to launch a national Bitcoin reserve, citing similar discussions in Brazil and the United States / full item
- Japan: Here’s a brief interview with the Co-Founder and General Partner of Incubate Fund Asia, Japan’s largest venture capital firm / full item
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- A brief look at the recent 2024 Innovation Leaders Summit in Tokyo, and the Australian tech firms and startups, including Quantum Brilliance and Novalith, that presented / full item
- Japan: About 90% of the world’s advanced chips are produced by [TSMC] whose model involves operating at massive scale… If Rapidus succeeds, it would challenge both the economics and geography of the industry’ / full item
- Japan: United States Space Force activated its first unit in Yokota Air Base, Tokyo, in cooperation with Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force’s military space operations group / full item
- Japan: An overview of OpenAI’s decision earlier this year to open its first Asia office in Tokyo / full item
- SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 conference is set for May in Tokyo, featuring tech startup pitch competition, and exhibition opportunities / full item
- A PDF intro to Japan’s Neo-Yamakoshi Village in ‘Digital Citizens Wanted – Japan village grows population with NFTs, Web3 tools’ from Yuri Group’ / full item
- Japan: Gov’t to dissolve existing web3 Project Team, instead creating dedicated unit in Digital Society Promotion department, tho full responsibilities are not yet defined / full item
- Japan’s Toyota and Vietnam’s Vin Phuc province ink MOU to boost collaboration and investment in key sectors including manufacturing, automotive, and electric vehicles / full item
- Taiwan: Japan’s Tokyo Electron, Asia’s biggest semicon equipment supplier, launches $61.5M center in Tainan, looking to boost capacity to meet growing demand / full item
- Singapore asset manager, Keppel, and Vietnam’s Sovico conglomerate are discussing plans for new SEA undersea cables, with direct connection to Japan, tho agreement has not yet been reached / full item
- New Zealand’s Zenno Astronautics gains backing from Mitsubishi Electric ME Innovation Fund with superconducting tech for space and satellite control applications / full item
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- China: ‘Laser Diamond Constellation’ test satellites enter orbit, looking at inter-satellite communications most likely in the context of mega-constellation sat plans…
- SpaceX launched 30 satellites on December 21st, second in Bandwagon ‘rideshare’ series, delivering payloads from South Korea, Finland, the US and others…
- Malaysia: ‘Penang Silicon Design @5km+’ initiative launches, a further move to advance Malaysia in global integrated circuits design, dovetailing with the Nat’l Semiconductor Strategy…
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Asia’s Tech News, Weekly in December
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