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Japan is building the next generation of AI and deep technology — and JStories is your inside track. Our AI section covers the full spectrum of Japan's technology innovation: artificial intelligence breakthroughs, fintech disruptors reshaping banking and payments, mobility startups redefining urban transport, quantum computing pioneers, robotics trailblazers, and Web3/blockchain builders.
From Tokyo's AI research labs to Osaka's semiconductor fabs, we spotlight the founders, engineers, and investors driving Japan's deep tech revolution. Our solutions-focused reporting cuts through the hype to show how Japanese and Asian startups are deploying AI to solve real-world problems — in manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and beyond.
Whether you're an investor tracking Japan's AI sector, a corporate innovator benchmarking against Japanese R&D, or a founder looking for inspiration, JStories delivers the insight you need.
Concrete solutions: Self-healing concrete to solve building problems
J-STORIES - Japan’s big construction woes may be solved by a small, unexpected solution: bacteria. This...
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Virtual solutions for practical challenges: Japanese universities embrace VR to replace animal experiments
J-STORIES - Animal testing has been used in medicine since the time of the Ancient Greeks and...
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Perfect e-fit
J-STORIES - Late last year, visitors to the Maker Faire Tokyo took note of a very harmonious piece...
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Researchers coat robotic finger with self-healing skin
J-STORIES - It’s not quite Blade Runner yet, but scientists at a Japanese university may have...
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Smartphone device enables detection of eye disease
J-STORIES - Although around 44 million people around the world are blind now, but more than half...
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Partners
J-STORIES begins distributing news content to Refinitiv’s global information network Japan's J-Stories teams up with Mainichi...
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INTERVIEW | Longtime startup watcher predicts more ‘unicorns’ in Japan
WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW VIDEO J-STORIES recently talked to Tim Romero, founder of startup podcast Disrupting...
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Japanese company develops innovative portable barricade to counter vehicle threats
J-STORIES - Runaway vehicles, whether deliberate, as in vehicle-ramming incidents, or caused by drivers losing control,...
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Japan’s deep-tech startup Flosfia offers next-gen power chips that allow EVs to travel farther
J-STORIES - Power semiconductors are semiconductors designed to handle high currents and voltages and are used in...
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Japanese startup launches ChatGPT for multilingual customer service: An AI-powered solution to address hotel staff shortages
J-STORIES - The hotel’s new employee has all the subtle skills expected of a concierge. Polite...
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