Along the coast of Kanagawa, just an hour from Tokyo, Oiso Beach has long been a quiet destination for surfers, retirees, and seasonal visitors.

Along the coast of Kanagawa, just an hour from Tokyo, Oiso Beach has long been a quiet destination for surfers, retirees, and seasonal visitors.
Japan’s digital stagnation is often reduced to punchlines about floppy disks and fax machines.
Japan’s artificial intelligence ambitions will fail unless the country reforms its power strategy. At Akiyaz, we see this clearly: rural towns overflowing with potential but starved of energy and digital infrastructure. As Paul J. Ashton recently argued, AI doesn’t...
Regional revitalization in Japan can no longer rely on outdated playbooks or misplaced blame.
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