Japanese tech news headlines in July 2023 covered items across a wide range: Japan’s moves to raise all aspects of cybersecurity, nationwide; Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing growth in Japan; the country’s moves into quantum technologies; and more.
Hit the headlines below to read the Japanese tech news articles behind each one, in full, online and free of charge.
CSET: Mapping emerging technologies and their supply chains
- Japan: Sony backs Startale Labs with $3.5M, with sights on large-scale Web3 adoption using the company’s multi-blockchain and infrastructure-focused capabilities
- Japan and ASEAN to establish research center focused on free flow of data across borders in bid to counter China’s data restrictions, to maintain business ability to analyze markets
“The center likely will study technologies allowing data that includes business secrets or customers’ personal information to be analyzed or used for machine learning while remaining encrypted. At present, such data needs to be decrypted before being analyzed, which runs afoul of regulations in several countries.”
“China has prioritized keeping data within its borders, restricting foreign companies operating in China from taking data outside the country. Personal information and data related to national security and the economy cannot be moved abroad without permission from authorities.”
- Japan: SBI Holdings financial services major to help Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp establish a factory in move to revive the country’s chip industry
- Japan: Telexistence robotics firm backed by SoftBank with AI-powered robotic arms for retail and logistics, building on presence in 300 FamilyMart convenience stores across Japan
Spamhaus Technology: Live Botnets Attack Map
- Japan: Container terminal at the Port of Nagoya hit by Russian ransomware attack
- Japan: Gov’t to expand cyber defense unit more than four-fold under new National Security Strategy in bid to counter China and North Korea cyber-attack activities
“To support this capability, the number of cyber specialists in Japan’s Self-Defense Forces will be raised over the next four years from about 890 now. China’s military has 175,000 cyberwarfare personnel, while North Korea has 7,000, Japanese estimates show.”
“Japan’s effort to keep up with cyberthreats is part of a broader defense buildup set out in policy documents updated last month.”
“The first step, starting in fiscal 2023, will be to grow the talent pool. A Ground Self-Defense Force signals school in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, will be reorganized to focus on training cyber specialists.”
- Japan: Gov’t unveils $6.3BN deal to buy and privatize JSR Corp semiconductor materials giant, taking control of world leader in chipmaking compounds
- Japan: MUFG Bank backs Groovenauts quantum computing firm, aiming to use quantum tech in financial services including derivatives trading and asset risk mgmt, while lifting operational efficiency
UNCTAD Global Report on Blockchain 2023
- Japan and United Arab Emirates to set framework to discuss possible UAE investment in semicon and battery plants in Japan, in medicine and space-tech, and fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia
- Japan: SoftBank Group to form VJ with Symbotic supply chain services provider for major investment in AI-powered warehouses project, GreenBox Systems
- Japan: ROSE, low cost, nature-inspired robotic gripper unveiled, for use in delicate work in multiple industries, with 3D-printable components
United States, Taiwan & Semiconductors: Critical Supply Chain Partnership
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