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Eight Knot Closes First Tranche of ¥450M Series A for Autonomous Ships — Sep 26, 2026 — Osaka's Eight Knot has closed the first close of a ¥450M Series A led by ITOCHU Technology Ventures and Nissei Capital to scale its AI CAPTAIN autonom...Toyota To Spend $6.4B A Year Deploying 400,000 Robots From 2028 — Sep 25, 2026 — Toyota will spend roughly 1 trillion yen a year from 2028 rolling out 400,000 humanoid and specialist robots across 60 global plants, using 18,000 tak...O-ID Raises $1.2M Pre-Seed to Move Modular Humanoid Robots Into Japanese Factories — Sep 25, 2026 — TAWANI Ventures led a $1.2M pre-seed round in Tokyo-based O-ID, whose hot-swappable modular humanoid targets Japanese factories facing an 11-million-w...Waymo, Nihon Kotsu And GO Set 2027 Launch For Tokyo Driverless Robotaxis — Sep 21, 2026 — Waymo unveiled a three-way tie-up with Nihon Kotsu and mobility app GO to run about 100 Jaguar I-PACEs across seven Tokyo wards in 2027 — its first pa...ugo Unveils Nova Semi-Humanoid Robot, Mass Production Set for 2027 — Sep 18, 2026 — Tokyo robotics firm ugo has revealed Nova, a wheeled dual-arm semi-humanoid designed and manufactured entirely in Japan, targeting a 2027 mass product...TOYO Buys A Second IQM Machine, Adding IQM Spark To Japan's Quantum Test Bench — Sep 17, 2026 — Tokyo-listed technical house TOYO Corporation is buying its second IQM quantum computer — the 5-qubit IQM Spark — for its Kiba R&D centre, alongside t...CADDi Bags $114M Series D To Push Its Manufacturing AI Into North America — Sep 17, 2026 — Tokyo-based CADDi has closed a $114 million Series D at a $1.2 billion valuation, backed by Toyota's Woven Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Atomico, t...Waymo, Nihon Kotsu And GO Set 2027 Launch For Tokyo's First Fully Autonomous Robotaxi Service — Sep 15, 2026 — Waymo, Nihon Kotsu and Japan's largest taxi-hailing app GO have formally agreed to launch an unmanned commercial ride-hailing service in Tokyo in 2027...Sakana AI Ships Fugu Ultra v2.0, a 1M-Token Multi-Agent Orchestration Model — Sep 12, 2026 — Sakana AI on September 11, 2026 released Fugu Ultra v2.0, a Tokyo-built flagship multi-agent orchestration model with a 1M-token context, delivered th...DMM.com Backs Algomatic Dynamics With ¥5B To Launch Japan's Physical AI Hand Platform — Sep 9, 2026 — Tokyo-based Algomatic Dynamics kicks off physical AI operations with a ¥5 billion (~$34M) first check from DMM.com, targeting a domestic release of it...Rocket Lab Preps 'Owl Around The World' Electron Launch For Synspective StriX-11 — Sep 1, 2026 — Rocket Lab's 94th Electron flight will loft Synspective's 11th StriX SAR satellite to 575 km LEO from Mahia Peninsula this week.Kioxia And Sandisk Commit Over $31 Billion To Japan Flash Memory Push Through 2032 — Sep 1, 2026 — The 25-year joint venture will pour more than 5 trillion yen into Yokkaichi and Kitakami to meet AI-driven NAND demand.ZEALS Unveils D1, Japan's First Commercial Wheeled Humanoid Robot — Aug 30, 2026 — Tokyo-based AI firm ZEALS unveiled the D1 wheeled humanoid on August 5, 2026 — Japan's first commercially available humanoid robot certified through a...NSK And Atom Sign MoU To Build Japan's Humanoid Robotics Base — Aug 24, 2026 — Precision-component giant NSK and Tokyo humanoid startup Atom agreed to jointly test humanoid actuators and collect physical-AI training data inside N...TIER IV Joins Open Invention Network 2.0 To Shield Autoware From Patent Risk — Aug 22, 2026 — Japan's TIER IV, the pioneer behind the open-source Autoware stack for autonomous driving, has joined Open Invention Network 2.0, gaining a royalty-fr...Uber Names Tokyo Taxi Firm Hinomaru Kotsu As Robotaxi Fleet Operator — Aug 21, 2026 — Uber Japan will run its late-2026 Tokyo robotaxi pilot with Hinomaru Kotsu as licensed fleet operator, using Nissan LEAF EVs powered by Wayve's AI Dri...Sony And TSMC Ink $6.4B Image Sensor JV In Kumamoto — Aug 16, 2026 — Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC signed a definitive agreement to form Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, a ~1 trillion yen...Turing Plots US Office And $10B IPO For Japan Self-Driving Push — Aug 14, 2026 — Tokyo autonomous-driving startup Turing plans a US office within a year and is eyeing a US listing at roughly $10 billion valuation by 2031.Tokyo Gas Signs 202MWh Fukushima BESS Offtake With Hexa — Aug 5, 2026 — Tokyo Gas has entered a 20-year offtake tolling agreement with Hexa Energy Services for a 49.7 MW / 202.1 MWh battery storage project in Fukushima Pre...HII, HD HHI Deploy Intelligent Welding Robots at Ingalls Shipbuilding — Aug 5, 2026 — HII and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will install intelligent mechanized welding systems in unit-fabrication areas at Ingalls Shipbuilding, extending U...