A centuries-old Japanese ceramics maker has found itself at the center of the AI revolution

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Japanese ceramics company Maruwa is banking on demand for its heat-dissipating products.

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Japan is sending a 'sugar baby' to prison for 9 years for defrauding men out of $1M and selling a manual on how to do it

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A stock image shows an older man making a payment online using his credit card.

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Why less snow is threatening Japan's expensive Kanzuri chile paste

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Kanzuri is a traditional fermented chile paste that is exclusively produced in Myoko in Japan's Niigata Prefecture by the Tojo family. Before the family started selling the condiment in 1966, it was only made in small batches for household use.

A 33-year-old man turned a Japanese farmhouse into a mountainside Airbnb retreat for $25,000 — here's how he did it

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Xian Jie Lee runs an Airbnb business in rural Japan.

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Japan showed off the destroyer it's turning into an aircraft carrier for F-35 stealth fighters

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Japan's converted Izumo-class helicopter carrier, Kaga, now upgraded to be an aircraft carrier.
Japan's converted Izumo-class helicopter carrier, JS Kaga, now upgraded to be an aircraft carrier.

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Jamie Dimon joined other top business leaders at the glitzy White House dinner. See who joined him on the guest list.

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Jamie and Judy Dimon made a notable appearance.

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Tim Cook, Robert De Niro, and Hillary Clinton rubbed shoulders at the White House state dinner for Japan — see the night's best photos

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President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida toast each other during a state dinner in the East Room of the White House
The East Room of the White House during a state dinner for Japan.

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Microsoft is about to pump billions more into AI data centers

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A row of computers in a data center.

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The security pact between the US, UK, and Australia could be expanding, and it's got China worried

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US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meet during the AUKUS summit on March 13, 2023.

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NATO should recruit new members from Asia that share 'the alliance's vision of freedom,' former NATO commander says

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Australia's Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts, Japan's Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiyoto Tsuji, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul posing for a press photo at the NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting on April 4, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.
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