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A 3D indoor map of Shinjuku Station built with Three.js using open government data from Japan's Ministry of Land.

Japan's AIdea Labs released AnimeGen, a free AI model for anime-style video generation, capable of text-to-video and image-to-video, with commercial use allowed.

Jensen Huang's Japan visit resulted in major deals including a national AI factory, robotics partnerships, and chip-supplier agreements, positioning Nvidia to lead Japan's physical AI era.

NVIDIA and its Japanese partners showcase full-stack AI and robotics advancements across industries, including a 30-year partnership with SEGA to bring VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS and other titles to the new NVIDIA RTX Spark superchip.

Scientists in Japan have developed a new method that recovers up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries, potentially revolutionizing battery recycling and reducing carbon emissions.

Sierra announces a strategic partnership with SoftBank to deliver its conversational AI platform to Japanese enterprises, with SoftBank serving as exclusive sales partner and adopting the platform across its own brands.

Hugging Face is organizing its first event in Japan on July 23rd in Tokyo, featuring open-source and product updates with live demos, co-hosted with kotoba tech.

A tweet questions whether a false claim about Japan attacking a US aircraft carrier is AI-generated, highlighting the difficulty in distinguishing real from AI-generated content.

Japan announced plans to develop a homegrown AI model and deploy 10 million AI-equipped robots across 18 sectors by 2040, led by a consortium called Noetra (including SoftBank, Sony, Honda, NEC) with government investment of up to $6.1 billion.

Running Train is a hyper-realistic train simulation game created by a solo developer, Novatetsu Games, set in a fictional Japanese region. It features 42 routes, detailed environments with logical infrastructure, and has been praised as the best train sim ever made.

Japan's Supreme Court ruled that artificial intelligence cannot be listed as an inventor on patent applications, affirming that inventors under patent law must be natural persons.

Nintendo has raised its employees' base salary by 10%, as reported by My Nintendo News.

Sakana AI releases Fugu, a multi-agent orchestration system with only 0.6B parameters. By intelligently splitting tasks and coordinating multiple models, it achieves state-of-the-art performance while bypassing traditional parameter scaling. This marks the transition of multi-agent orchestration from a lab curiosity to a practical productivity tool.

Marc Lou shares random facts about indie hacker Jesse Hanley, who runs a profitable SaaS called Bento solo while working 4 hours/day and living in Japan.

The author worries that Japan's native stablecoin JPYC is not developing well, which may allow USDC to monopolize Japan's stablecoin market, thereby letting Americans control Japan's finance.

In-depth analysis of the strategy for being an FDE (Field Deployment Engineer) in Osaka/Kansai, Japan, covering policy regulation, market opportunities, and industry scenarios, with an emphasis on transforming business needs into auditable, operable AI systems.

Sakana AI released Fugu Ultra, a multi-agent orchestration system accessible via a single model API, achieving performance competitive with Fable and Mythos models.

Vue Fes Japan 2026 CFP deadline is approaching on June 30th; the conference welcomes speakers including non-Vue.js users and various roles.

Sakana in Japan released a competitor to the Mythos model, and initial impressions suggest it looks great.

Japanly AEO is a tool that lets you see if Japanese AI search recommends your brand, launched on ProductHunt.