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Steel giants, automakers, and banks plan to build Japan's answer to US and Chinese AI dominance

THE DECODER / 4/13/2026

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  • SoftBank is organizing Japan’s major industrial players—including steel firms, automakers, and banks—to develop an indigenous AI foundation aimed at lowering reliance on US and Chinese models.
  • The effort is framed as a coordinated national push to secure AI capabilities that can support local industries and critical sectors.
  • By pooling stakeholders across manufacturing and finance, the initiative suggests a focus on both broad model development and practical enterprise deployment.
  • The plan signals growing concern in Japan about strategic AI dependence and the desire to compete in the global AI landscape.
  • If successful, the initiative could reshape how Japanese firms source, customize, and govern AI systems across multiple verticals.

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SoftBank is uniting Japan's industrial elite to build the country's own AI foundation, trying to reduce dependence on American and Chinese models.

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