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PayPay and the End of Cash
How a QR code app with 72 million users broke Japan's cash habit and became a Nasdaq-listed super app
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How a QR code app with 72 million users broke Japan's cash habit and became a Nasdaq-listed super app
How Telexistence restocks convenience-store coolers with AI and remote operators
Microsoft, AWS, and SoftBank are pouring tens of billions into Japanese AI infrastructure — and hitting a wall called electricity
Everyone knows Nintendo. Everyone knows PlayStation. But behind the iconic brands lies a $25 billion technology ecosystem that most outsiders never see…
In a windowless room at a Fanuc factory in Yamanashi Prefecture, a row of robotic arms assembles components with sub-millimeter precision. Nothing…
While the rest of the world debates whether hydrogen will ever be economically viable, Japan has already placed its bet. It was…
Japan builds some of the most resilient infrastructure on Earth — skyscrapers that sway through magnitude-9 earthquakes, tunnels bored through active volcanic…
Japan’s farmers are disappearing. With an average age of 68 and no generation waiting to take over, the country faces an existential…
For decades, Japan’s government ran on paper — mountains of it. Forms required personal seal stamps, municipal offices kept records in filing…
The electric vehicle revolution has a bottleneck, and it is the battery. Today’s lithium-ion cells are heavy, slow to charge, prone to…
As ChatGPT captured global attention, a quieter revolution was unfolding in Japanese research labs. Fujitsu, NEC, NTT, and a wave of startups…