Japan’s technology news headlines in June 2024 covered items and developments including: Japan’s moves into a domestic satellite observation network; the country’s space launch island, and its hopes; Japanese firms’ growing focus on software-defined vehicles, SDVs; a $308 million crypto exchange data breach; and more.
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- Japan: SoftBank to re-develop soon-to-be-closed LCD panel site in Osaka into large-scale data center, seeing a range of opportunities in hosted services / full item
- Japan: Synspective satellite startup inks agreement with Rocket Lab USA to launch 10 satellites by 2027 in move towards a constellation to enable near-real-time global observation / full item
- Japan: Nat’l Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Tech and IBM partner to develop quantum computer with 10,000 qubits, 75 times more than current quantum computers run with / full item
- Japan: A brief overview of Tanegashima Island, home to the nation’s rocket launch center, and hopes for startups, tech jobs and immigration as drivers for local revival / full item
- Japan: Tier IV adds Suzuki to alliance partners including Isuzu and Yamaha, with all seeking autonomous driving technology advantages and global positioning / full item
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- Japan: Gov’t targets 30% share of global market for SDVs, software-defined vehicles / full item
- Japan: Toyota, Nissan, Honda and others announce collaboration on advanced AI and semiconductor tech for next-gen vehicles, supported by gov’t / full item
- Japan: Elephantech, first firm globally manufacturing Printed Circuit Boards using metal inkjet printing, seeks strategic partners to scale / full item
- Japan: NTT Docomo telco to launch network service using radio waves from unmanned stratospheric aircraft, providing coverage wider than grounded base stations / full item
- Japan: Hack Osaka innovation conference opens applications from Invest Japan and J-Bridge global networks to participate / full item
- Japan: DMM Bitcoin cryptocurrency exchange loses 4,502.9 bitcoin, valued around $308 million, in ‘unauthorized leak’, with full details yet to emerge / full item
- Japan’s Toyota, partnering with China’s state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group, looks to launch autonomous driving-enabled EV in China, hoping to recover from sales slump / full item
- Philippines: South Korea’s Kakao and Japan’s LINE partner for Kaia blockchain platform in the Philippines, focusing on Web3 gaming and associated opportunities / full item
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