Japan’s PM Kishida Aims to Forge Stronger AI Collaboration on US Visit
Highlights
- US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio are scheduled to meet and discuss diplomacy together, with a portion of the agenda devoted to trade.
- Following a brief discussion with the PM of Japan, Microsoft declared that it would expand its hyper-scale cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Japan.
- Japan's AI collaboration and a step to advance in the race comes on the same day South Korea also announced that it will be investing billions to be the leader in the AI chip industry.
Japan’s PM Kishida Fumio has said that he will try to improve AI collaboration between the US and Japan. According to local media reports, the prime minister of the country has said that he will try to bring the deflationary trend down, alongside focusing on the economy. Interestingly the statement comes at the same time when South Korea also declared that it will be investing billions of dollars to advance AI chips in the country.
AI Collaboration Accelerates Between Japan and the US
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio are scheduled to meet and discuss diplomacy together, with a portion of the agenda devoted to trade. According to local media, Japan’s PM sees increasing chances for cooperation, including those involving technologies, which power a large portion of the economy.
Kishida spoke at a roundtable on emerging and vital technologies on Tuesday at the US Chamber of Commerce. He talked about some of the problems at home. Subsequently, Brad Smith, the president and vice chair of Microsoft, met with Kishida and announced a roughly $3 billion investment in Japan. Kishida has expressed his desire to take advantage of artificial intelligence’s potential in his country and has praised the most recent proposal.
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Microsoft’s Japan AI Collaboration
Following a brief discussion with the PM of Japan, Microsoft declared that it would expand its hyper-scale cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Japan by spending $2.9 billion over the next two years. It will also establish its first Microsoft Research Asia lab in Japan, broaden its cybersecurity cooperation with the Government of Japan, and extend its digital skilling programs to offer AI skilling to over 3 million people over the next three years.
South Korea Also Bets on AI Growth
Japan’s AI collaboration and a step to advance in the race comes on the same day South Korea also announced that it will be investing billions to be the leader in the AI chip industry. According to Reuters, President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea announced that his nation will make $6.94 billion in artificial intelligence investments by 2027 in an attempt to maintain its position as the world’s top producer of advanced semiconductor chips.
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