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US, Europe look to Japan for help in areas like AI, EVs to curb China’s tech progress
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Visitors walking past a sign promoting ChatGPT at the three-day 7th AI Expo, Japan's largest trade show for artificial intelligence technology companies in 2023.
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TOKYO – With its bullet trains and robots, Japan would not be considered by most people as a tech laggard.
In recent years, however, the traditional tech powerhouse has lost pace in advanced tech such as artificial intelligence (AI), electric vehicles (EVs) and quantum computing technology. It also lags behind the likes of South Korea and Taiwan in the production of advanced semiconductors.
