Japan's AI play and Taiwan's space ambitions

Hello, this is Kenji presenting the latest edition of our #techAsia newsletter from Tokyo.The FIFA World Cup came to an end with Spain's magnificent victory in a nailbiter of a World Cup final against Argentina early Monday in our time zone. But the heat of competition was quickly replaced with a less enjoyable kind of heat, as Japan's most intense wave of high temperatures so far this summer struck after the annual rainy season ended in most of the country.My hometown of Nagoya and its surroundings in central Japan's Tokai region have been hit the hardest, with temperatures reaching 40.6 C in Kuwana on Wednesday and 40.3 C in Tajimi on Tuesday.Japan's tech sector heated up as well, starting with a visit last week by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to Tokyo. Huang showed up at an izakaya, or Japan