Anyone who has wandered through the neon‑lit alleys of Akihabara knows that Japan treats gaming not just as a pastime but as an art; arcades ring with the clack of buttons, and console releases are events.
A feature from the upcoming NEXT Unicorn Special, airing on November 15th, spotlights Iris Inc., a Hiroshima-based medical startup that is rapidly transforming healthcare with its advanced AI diagnostic technologies.
For decades, Sega Sammy thrived in pachinko parlors and arcades, but as those machines fade and mobile screens take over, the company knows it needs to change.
The Nikkei Stock Average surpassed 50,000 yen for the first time in history following the launch of the Takaichi administration, with the surge driven primarily by just a handful of AI-related stocks. But as share prices swing wildly, questions are growing over whether this market euphoria is truly sustainable.
Among Japanese players, Moon Princess is a particularly popular online slot game.
Sony Group has released a free dataset designed for evaluating AI image analysis performance, opening new opportunities for developers and researchers to improve machine learning models.