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Notes on AI in Japan, NLP, and building systems that ship — by Santosh Gaire Sharma.

July 1, 2026
Japan's AI Ecosystem in 2026: Sovereign Models, Physical AI, and the Hunt for Builders
Three defining trends in Japan's AI market in 2026 — vertical sovereign AI, Physical × AI at the edge, and demand for bilingual AI builders who can ship enterprise systems.
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June 15, 2026
Japan Builds the World's Robots — So Why Is Workplace AI Adoption So Slow?
Japan leads the world in industrial robotics, yet workplace AI use lags. Santosh Gaire Sharma unpacks the talent gap, aging demographics, soft regulation, and domestic LLMs reshaping Japan's AI path.
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Japan's AI Ecosystem in 2026: Sovereign Models, Physical AI, and the Hunt for Builders