By Staff Writer
Publication Date: 2026-02-06 00:38:00
Japan PM Takaichi’s aim to invest in 17 growth fields may just be chasing trends
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Intel’s Lip-Bu Tan and SambaNova Systems’ Rodrigo Liang, left to right. (Nikkei montage)
SHIGESABURO OKUMURA
February 6, 2026 09:38 JST
TOKYO — As the world scrambles to find the next Nvidia, one Japanese scholar says the roadmap lies in the market, not in government policy.