Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold talks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son on Monday, the Japanese government said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that OpenAI,

Australia's export price index rose 3.6%, while its import price index advanced 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

TOKYO -- Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son's SoftBank Group plans to contact big investment firms including Apollo Global Management about fundraising for a U.S. artificial intelligence project proposed by President Donald Trump, Nikkei has learned.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son's plan to invest billions in AI in the United States shows one way to handle the new Trump administration: go big and deal with the details later.

Asian shares are trading mixed after Wall Street’s tech superstars tumbled as a competitor from China raised doubts over the recent artificial-intelligence market frenzy

Japan’s chip-related shares including Advantest Corp. tumbled as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek gained traction, raising concern the app will threaten US’s technological leadership.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?

SoftBank Group is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on January 21 that Japan's SoftBank Group, Open AI and Oracle will together

Large technology firms paced declines, with Advantest Corp. sliding as much as 11% in Tokyo and SoftBank Group Corp. slumping 6%.

Announced on Day One of Trump’s second term, the news indicates that artificial intelligence is going to be a priority for the incoming administration.

Shares in Japanese tech behemoth SoftBank Group soared more than eight percent on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced a major investment to build AI infrastructure.