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SoftBank surges 16.5% as AI rally spreads to Japan stocks
SoftBank Group shares surged 16.5% on Wednesday as buying swept across Japanese technology stocks, pushing the Nikkei 225 to a record high. Japan’s market, reopening after holidays, moved higher in semiconductor and AI-linked names. Advantest gained about 7.8%, Tokyo Electron rose 9.2% and Renesas Electronics jumped 13.8%. The move followed a U.S. AI-led rally, with the Nasdaq at a record and AMD, Arm and Super Micro Computer sharply higher.
AI & Enterprise
JobPlanet announces 2026 awards, names 31 best companies to work for
JobPlanet, a career platform operated by AI and data-based HR tech platform Worksphere, said on March 10 it held the 2026 JobPlanet Awards and announced 31 companies ranked in the top 0.01 percent of workplaces among 470,000 firms nationwide. The awards, introduced last year, aim to provide reliable indicators for job seekers. Categories were expanded to four: pay and benefits, work-life balance, career growth and recruitment experience.
Industry
Korean HBM equipment makers target Japan\'s semiconductor market
Japan\'s Rapidus is expected to place equipment orders ahead of the April start-up of its back-end R&D centre in Hokkaido. The centre will focus on chiplet-based advanced packaging such as FC-BGA, silicon interposers and hybrid bonding. The article says Japan is strong in front-end tools but lacks a robust back-end equipment ecosystem for HBM and 2.5D packaging, creating opportunities for Korean suppliers. It cites recent supply deals by Hanmi Semiconductor and Hanwha Semitec with SK Hynix.