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Nikkei breaks 72,000 for first time as Japan AI bet lifts semiconductor, robot stocks
Japan\'s Nikkei 225 broke above 72,000 for the first time, supported by buying in semiconductor and robot shares after the government announced a 10.5 trillion yen physical AI investment plan. The index closed up 1.55 percent at 72,353.96, its seventh straight record close. TOPIX also ended at a record. The government plans long-term investment of 370 trillion yen by 2040 and additional spending on AI infrastructure.
AI & Enterprise
Japan manufacturers team up with Google, Nvidia to step up factory robot automation push
Japan\'s manufacturing sector is accelerating efforts to upgrade robot automation by making factory floors a core arena for next-generation AI competition. While the United States and China lead in large AI models and semiconductor infrastructure, Japanese companies are focusing on \"Physical AI\" for industrial sites. Fanuc is working with Google on AI robots and with Nvidia on collaboration. Japan is also leveraging long-accumulated factory data as it builds industrial AI platforms.
AI & Enterprise
Tech Insight: Nvidia is now an AI infrastructure platform company
Nvidia is now a heterogeneous AI infrastructure platform company, tech analyst Patrick Moorhead said after hearing announcements at Nvidia\'s annual GTC 2026 conference. Nvidia unveiled its new Vera Rubin AI infrastructure platform, including chips and rack systems designed for mass production. It also highlighted integration with Groq inference hardware and growing demand for its Vera CPU. Nvidia detailed software moves with Dynamo 1.0 and a security-enhanced NeMo stack, and cited adoption across cloud, enterprise and robotics.
