Artificial Intelligence

China's Inspur, the world's third-largest maker of servers for managing data, has gained a foothold in Japan, bringing fresh competition to local players Fujitsu and NEC in a $5 billion market.

Stuck at home with no place to go as the new coronavirus lingers, many people remain glued to streaming services for a way to while away the time. The perfect window for mainstream anime and manga to pick up their game and pump out more hits, one would think.

Japan's private education providers are scrambling to go online as a prolonged state of emergency is set to paralyze brick and mortar classrooms.

A drone will soon be flying through the shelves of a city library here, but it won't be disturbing the concentration of patrons or interfering with the daily operation.

Service robots are finally emerging from the shadows around the world as the pandemic drives demand for avoiding the coronavirus and its carriers.

Japanese semiconductor maker THine Electronics has developed a facial recognition system that can record body temperatures from less than a foot away and identify individuals even while wearing face masks.

Researchers are developing a medical software system that combines the use of artificial intelligence and an endoscope to help surgeons safely remove gallbladders, a common surgery in Japan.

Japanese technology group NEC has used artificial intelligence to conduct a faster genetic decoding of the novel coronavirus, aiming to accelerate the development of a vaccine to quell the pandemic.

Small and midsize businesses in Japan are turning to financial technology startups for cash as the coronavirus crisis saps their earnings.

With the coronavirus pandemic making consumers squeamish about using their fingers, some Japanese companies are rushing solutions to market.