Japan Tech & Startup News

OpenAI partners with Open Network Lab for Kyoto startup pitch contest offering $1M in API credits

Why Korea and Japan Punish the Same Expansion Strategy Differently - KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News

Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026 — here’s why it matters

AI video startup PixVerse scores 'Captain Tsubasa' license during World Cup

U-KNOCK 2026: Connecting 15 Korean Content Companies with Japan’s IP, Investment, and Co-Production Market - KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News

Japan is considered to be far from the artificial intelligence (AI) startup craze. However, Lee Jin-.. - MK

OpenAI Debuts at IVS2026, One of Japan

Renesas buys US chip design startup Pictorus, bolstering software business

Five Breakthrough Japanese Startups Selected for the 2026 Japan–U.S. Innovation Awards Innovation Showcase

Five Breakthrough Japanese Startups Selected for the 2026 Japan–U.S. Innovation Awards Innovation Showcase

SoftBank finds fewer tech bets for venture capital in Latin America

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Pegasus Tech Ventures and CYBERDYNE Launch 10 Billion Japanese Yen Corporate Venture Capital Fund to Accelerate “HCPS Cybernics with Physical AI”

Pegasus Tech Ventures and CYBERDYNE Launch 10 Billion Japanese Yen Corporate Venture Capital Fund to Accelerate “HCPS Cybernics with Physical AI”

Japan’s Murata Tribe launch MedTech open innovation program for ASEAN and India startups

Interview: From language to motion— Japanese startup APTO builds the data backbone for physical AI

Tokyo startup to pitch neural-linked rehab abroad with fresh funds

Japan’s MW Raises $21M in Seed Round Funding to Build Homes Designed for Physical AI

KANJI JAPAN “KANJI ICE” Secures Funding from Osamu Suzuki’s Startup Factory

Japanese startup tracks student writing to detect AI use

Ukraine and Japan Launch Strategic Digital Cooperation Initiative - Oj

Anthropic puts sovereign AI on Asia's agenda

fileAI Expands into Japan with Strategic Partnership with JRE VENTURES - TNGlobal

Japan startup develops system to tell human writing from AI-generated text

Japan startup develops system to tell human writing from AI-generated text - The Mainichi

Japan startup develops system to tell human writing from AI-generated text

Japan startup tests catheter injection of iPS heart muscle cells

Alumni Ventures Executes Initial Japanese Capital Allocation via Yaqumo Seed Extension Round

Alumni Ventures Backs Yaqumo in First Japan Investment

Spanish Satellite Company Eyes Japan's Defense Market | JAPAN Forward

Japan, UK To Create Startup Support Fund For Dual-Use Tech, Nikkei Says

Japan and UK plan startup fund for AI and defense tech - Nikkei

Japan, UK to create startup support fund for dual-use tech

Vietnam and Japan boost cooperation in technology transfer and innovation

TDK buys U.S. 3D-printing startup to amp up AI ecosystem bet

Korean VCs Are Entering Japan Through LP Investments Instead of Startup Deals — Why? - KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News

Medical software startup develops AI to support Japanese surgeons

Japanese analytics startup bets on India's developer ecosystem

Andreesson Horowitz (a16z), a leading global venture capital (VC) that rolls $90 billion (about 137 .. - MK

Apollo is testing Japan's appetite for private capital in insurance

Japan flying car startup SkyDrive aims for the skies in 2028

Toyota backs Japan self-driving startup Tier IV in development push

JumpStart secures Series C from Cool Japan Fund for AI vending expansion

Drone crashes and severed fingers at a $13 billion Silicon Valley military startup

Why More Startup Introductions Do Not Automatically Create Partnerships in Japan - KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News

Can Japan Close the AI Gap? Insights from Europe's Premier Startup Summit | JAPAN Forward

Lotte's biotech CVC turns to Korea for first time as Japan's pharma pipelines thin

US startup bets on Japan with AI agents that tap live web data

Japan won't become another Silicon Valley. It doesn't need to

Seed-stage startup funding in Japan sinks 40% as investors grow selective

Japanese robotics startup searching for manufacturing partners in India

Japan's Saizeriya opens first restaurant in Malaysia with local touch

10 Busan Universities Compete with Startup Ideas in Japan... Dongseo University Teams Win Top and Excellence Awards - The Asia Business Daily

Japanese dental startup Toregem raises $5.3 M to treat congenital tooth agenesis

Japan's MUFG set to launch India-focused fund with $250m corpus: Report

ai& and Plug and Play Japan Collaborate to Drive Enterprise AI Transformation with Sovereign Infrastructure

Japan's MUFG Plans $250 Mn India Startup Fund, Focus On Fintech

Japanese dental startup Toregem raises $5.3 M to treat congenital tooth agenesis

Japan’s MUFG readies $250 million India fund as investor mix shifts in startup funding

Japan startup takes nonalcoholic fermented 'super drink' to US

Japan’s Atom Raises Nearly $19M in Seed Round Funding for Humanoid Robotics with Goal to ‘Create New Species’

Japanese agri-tech startup puts cherry tomato harvesting robot into routine production use

Japanese agri-tech startup puts cherry tomato harvesting robot into routine production use

LaSalle Investment Management: Discipline replaces tailwinds in Japan’s real estate market

JETRO Accelerates Global Expansion of Overseas Companies in Osaka -Invest Japan Business Support Center Osaka and J-Bridge -

Japan govt urges transport firms to guard against AI misuse