NVIDIA and Japan Bring Full-Stack AI and Robotics to Every Industry

Home to leading manufacturers, robotics pioneers, infrastructure builders and iconic gaming companies, of course, Japan is one of the world's centers of AI - building across the full stack with NVIDIA technologies. This week NVIDIA and its partners in Japan are showcasing the AI ecosystem's latest advancements. Check back here for updates.

This week, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang met with Japan's AI leaders and enthusiasts - together showcasing the future of technology in the nation.

Thursday, July 16, 11:00 a.m. PT

Huang Drops In on Build-a-Claw

The first thing Huang did after landing in Tokyo wasn't a press conference or a CEO meeting. It was a surprise visit to a room full of builders.

Happo-en is a traditional Japanese garden in the heart of Tokyo - moss, still water, centuries-old trees - and Studio Koku is the modern event space built within it. On Wednesday afternoon, it was full of robots.

At NVIDIA's Build-a-Claw event, Japan's developers had been putting physical AI through its paces - using open models and NVIDIA's platform to build robots that can pick things up.

When Huang walked in unannounced, what followed was the kind of moment that's hard to engineer: a founder on the floor, talking to builders, watching the technology work.

Forty years ago was the beginning of the PC revolution. Now, forty years later, instead of a personal computer, you can now have your own personal AI, he said. I'm happy that all of you are here to build your own claw, your own agent.

Huang gave away two autographed NVIDIA DGX Spark personal AI supercomputers to winners of a lucky draw.

With this computer, you can build your own personal AI, he said. This is a work of love of mine.

This is what NVIDIA's physical AI platform looks like in practice: a claw that moves, a model that responds, a builder who made it happen. Japan's open model ecosystem is a central part of NVIDIA's global physical AI story, and Build-a-Claw showcased that story.

At a press event later that day, Huang spoke about Japan's long leadership in global technology manufacturing - and why the nation is in an excellent position to apply that expertise to AI and robotics to create a new economic engine for the country.

Japan has historically been very good at precision manufacturing and very large-scale manufacturing, but now we have AI, Huang said to gathered reporters. You can combine the two technologies and create robotics. The future of intelligent manufacturing, the future of robotics can now start.

This combination can also help address Japan's worker shortage, Huang added.

With AI and robotics, you can augment the workers you have and increase national productivity, Huang said. AI is manufacturing intelligence. It's manufacturing all the time, and it's running all the time.

Thursday, July 16, 11:00 a.m. PT

Supply Chain Leaders Key to Building AI Future for Japan and Beyond

Japan sits in an extraordinary position as AI brings a reset to industries across economies and the globe. That was the message NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivered Wednesday in Tokyo to developers, scientists, entrepreneurs and investors.

With world-leading manufacturing, mechatronics, physical sciences, quantum physics and more, Japan has the opportunity to fuse its strengths with the help of AI and build the future.

But the future needs a supply chain. Japan's is exceptional - and hungry.

At an izakaya in Tokyo's Kanda district, Huang hosted more than 30 senior executives from 16 of Japan's premier supply chain companies spanning semiconductor equipment, memory, materials, and electronic components.

Over many skewers (there might have been beer too) leaders from ADVANTEST Corporation, Tokyo Electron (TEL), KYOCERA Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric, Murata Manufacturing, Panasonic, Renesas Electronics Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries, TAIYO YUDEN, TDK Corporation, Kioxia Corporation, Mitsui, Asahi Kasei, Nittobo, Shin-Etsu Chemical and Shibaura discussed building that AI-led future for Japan and the rest of the world.

Thursday, July 16, 2:30 p.m. PT

CEOs Gather to Discuss Building Physical AI Into Japan's Factories

At Tokyo restaurant Tonkatsu Fumizen, Huang sat down for lunch Thursday with the CEOs of Fujitsu, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, FANUC and Yaskawa - four companies building robots and industrial systems that run in factories across Japan and the world.

These are the companies that will move physical AI from national ambition into the manufacturing floor. Fujitsu brings enterprise scale and AI infrastructure. Kawasaki, FANUC and Yaskawa are the robotics backbone of Japanese industry. Each is now building on the NVIDIA platform. Each is announcing its commitment to that path.

Just before coming into this venue, the five of us enjoyed a wonderful tonkatsu lunch together, said Takahito Tokita, the president and CEO of Fujitsu Limited, at a press event that followed. Although we come from different countries and industries, we share the same values. We make business decisions not only for the benefit of our own companies, but also with the sustainable development of our industries and ultimately the world in mind.

Thursday, July 16, 2:30 p.m. PT

Japan's Physical AI Initiative - A National Commitment

Prince Park Tower sits in the shadow of Tokyo Tower - the city's most recognizable landmark. It was the right place for a national commitment.

At the Physical AI Initiative kick-off event, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joined Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, as the country launched a government-backed physical AI initiative.

Bringing together manufacturing expertise, real-world industrial data and global technology leaders, the initiative will deve

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