Osaka University startup QuEL has demonstrated 24-hour stable operation of its quantum bit control device QuEL-1 SE, achieving amplitude standard deviation of 0.15% and phase standard deviation of 0.39°. Published in Review of Scientific Instruments, this breakthrough in device-level temperature control clears fault-tolerant thresholds crucial for scaling quantum computers toward the million-qubit era.
NTT has developed multi-core optical fiber technology that quadruples submarine cable capacity without changing cable structure. Achieving 192 cores (48 fibers × 4 cores) with deployment targeted for 2029, this Japanese innovation addresses the explosive data demands of the AI era. We explore the technology alongside Big Tech's submarine cable investment race.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has announced a $500 billion AI data center campus at a former uranium enrichment site in Ohio—the largest single-site investment in history. With 21 Japanese and American companies involved and 9.2 GW of gas-fired power, this project reshapes the global AI infrastructure race. Here's what Japan thinks.
Osaka University's QIQB and Fixstars achieved the world's largest quantum chemistry circuit simulation using 1,024 NVIDIA H100 GPUs on Japan's ABCI-Q supercomputer. Breaking the previous 40-qubit barrier, they simulated H₂O with 42 spin orbitals and Fe₂S₂ with 41 qubits — accelerating quantum algorithm development before fault-tolerant quantum computers arrive.
Rapidus's AI design agent 'Raads' is already in use by 3 companies — 2 domestic, 1 overseas. This LLM-based EDA suite enables natural language chip design, cutting design time by 50% and costs by 30%. We compare it with TSMC and Intel's AI tools and examine Rapidus's path to 2nm mass production.
Furukawa Electric's Lightera begins mass production of the world's highest-class 13,824-core ultra-high-density fiber optic cable. Learn how this Japanese innovation doubles transmission capacity for hyperscale AI data centers.
Quemix CEO Yuichiro Matsushita achieved a world-first in quantum chemistry simulation on Japan's Fugaku supercomputer. This report explores how researcher autonomy drove the breakthrough, Quemix's partnerships with Honda and Asahi Kasei, and Japan's growing quantum startup ecosystem including QunaSys and Fixstars Amplify.
A Japanese research team from Fukui, Tohoku, Chiba, and Tokyo universities has theoretically proposed a new method to detect Majorana particles using spin currents. Not an observation but a proposal, it opens a fresh window onto the quasiparticle behind topological quantum computing, the same goal Microsoft's Majorana 1 chip pursues.
NTT's next-generation communication infrastructure "IOWN" has entered a comprehensive partnership with Europe's ETSI to advance global standardization. With photonics-electronics convergence technology promising 1/100th the power consumption and 1/200th the latency, this Japan-born innovation takes a major step toward becoming the world standard at MWC Barcelona 2026. Can Japan lead the way in the US-China 6G race?
Murata Manufacturing, SoftBank, and CC-Link Partner Association achieved the world's first TSN over 5G connectivity demonstration by a telecom operator, reaching an average time synchronization accuracy of 122 nanoseconds — over 7x better than the international standard. A major step toward wireless smart factories and Physical AI.
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has joined the AI-RAN Alliance, an international consortium turning cell towers into AI processing hubs. With SoftBank, NVIDIA, Samsung, and other tech giants on board, this move signals Japan's commitment to distributed AI infrastructure — and its strategic positioning in the US-China tech race heading into the 6G era.
