The
U.S. tech firm will announce the plans soon when Japanese Prime
Minister Fumio Kishida visits the United States, the Nikkei said
in its interview with Microsoft President Brad Smith.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for
comment.
Under the plan, which the Nikkei said would be Microsoft's
largest investment in Japan, the company will install advanced
AI semiconductors at two existing facilities in eastern and
western Japan, the report said.
The company also plans to announce an AI-related reskilling
program in Japan to train 3 million workers over three years,
and to set up a new lab in Tokyo for research and development on
robotics and AI, the report said.
(Reporting by Mariko Katsumura; additional reporting by Jaspreet
Singh; editing by Jason Neely)
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