On the 21st, Jensen Huang, the CEO of the American semiconductor corporation NVIDIA, met with Shigeru Ishiba, the Prime Minister of Japan.
According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, at the Prime Minister's official residence that day, Prime Minister Ishiba said, “Cooperation between the U.S. and Japan is very necessary to use robotic technology for human happiness. I would like to hear opinions on how the government can support this,” to which CEO Huang replied regarding artificial intelligence (AI) robots, “It will create a revolution for Japanese corporations.”
After meeting with Prime Minister Ishiba, CEO Huang spoke with reporters, noting, “We discussed how AI will innovatively change all industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, education, and agriculture.”
He also stated, “AI requires massive energy, so Japan needs to build infrastructure for AI, and this will lead to the consolidation of new jobs and opportunities.”
CEO Huang visited Japan via China amid escalating U.S.-China trade tensions, with NVIDIA's AI chip H20 being included in the U.S. Commerce Department's list of items requiring export licenses to China.
NVIDIA is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Japan, led by Masayoshi Son, the chairman of SoftBank Group. SoftBank Group has announced plans to create the highest performance AI supercomputer in Japan, equipped with NVIDIA's Blackwell semiconductor, and the two companies have been discussing cooperation in building an AI communication network (AI LAN).