Microsoft to make $10 billion AI-related investment in Japan

Microsoft Corp. will invest 1.6 trillion yen ($10 billion) in Japan over the four years through 2029 to reinforce infrastructure related to artificial intelligence and cloud computing, a top executive of the U.S. tech giant said Friday.In a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, Brad Smith, Microsoft's vice chair and president, said the firm will team up with Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. and Sakura Internet Inc., a cloud service provider, under the plan."We are making the biggest investment decision in Japan," Smith told Takaichi at the outset of the meeting, which wa…READ FULL ARTICLE