Kishida secures $2.9 bil. investment from Microsoft during U.S. visit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida secured a $2.9 billion investment in his country from U.S. tech giant Microsoft Corp. in the area of artificial intelligence, as he started off on Tuesday a series of engagements during his official visit to Washington.During a meeting with Kishida in the U.S. capital, Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed the company's largest-ever investment in the Asian country, which includes measures to upgrade its data centers that are essential for AI use and to bolster cloud computing.Kishida arrived in Washington on Monday for the first state visit by a Japan…READ FULL ARTICLE