MicrosoftWēiruǎn微软to announcexuānbù宣布towardduì对JapanRìběn日本to investtóuzī投资$10 billionyī bǎi yì měiyuán100亿美元,to deepenshēnhuà深化artificial intelligenceréngōng zhìnéng人工智能andyǔ与cybersecuritywǎngluò ānquán网络安全cooperationhézuò合作。
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
toward
duì
对
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest
tóuzī
投资
$10 billion
yī bǎi yì měiyuán
100亿美元
to deepen
shēnhuà
深化
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
and
yǔ
与
cybersecurity
wǎngluò ānquán
网络安全
cooperation
hézuò
合作
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
Vice Chairman
fù dǒngshìzhǎng
副董事长
Brad Smith (Microsoft President)
Bùlādé Shǐmìsī
布拉德·史密斯
on
yú
于
April 3rd
sì yuè sān rì
4月3日
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
will
jiāng
将
in
zài
在
2026
èr líng èr liù nián
2026年
to / through
zhì
至
2029
èr líng èr jiǔ nián
2029年
between
jiān
间
toward
xiàng
向
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest
tóuzī
投资
$10 billion
yī bǎi yì měiyuán
100亿美元
focusing on
zhòngdiǎn
重点
to expand / build out
kuòjiàn
扩建
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
infrastructure
jīchǔ shèshī
基础设施
and
bìng
并
to plan
jìhuà
计划
to train
péixùn
培训
more than one million
yú bǎi wàn
逾百万
(measure word for persons)
míng
名
engineers
gōngchéngshī
工程师
April 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
Vice Chairman
fù dǒngshìzhǎng
副董事长
and also / concurrently
jiān
兼
President
zǒngcái
总裁
Brad Smith (Microsoft President)
Bùlādé Shǐmìsī
布拉德·史密斯
on
yú
于
April 3rd
sì yuè sān rì
4月3日
to visit
fǎngwèn
访问
Tokyo
Dōngjīng
东京
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
will
jiāng
将
within
zài
在
the coming
wèilái
未来
three years
sān nián
三年
within
nèi
内
toward
xiàng
向
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest
tóuzī
投资
$10 billion
yī bǎi yì měiyuán
100亿美元
this
cǐcì
此次
investment
tóuzī
投资
focuses on
jùjiāo
聚焦
three major
sān dà
三大
pillars
zhīzhù
支柱
in
zài
在
Japan
Rìběn
日本
within the country
jìngnèi
境内
to expand
kuòjiàn
扩建
AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
infrastructure
jīchǔ shèshī
基础设施
to deepen
shēnhuà
深化
public-private
gōngsī
公私
cybersecurity
wǎngluò ānquán
网络安全
cooperation
hézuò
合作
as well as
yǐjí
以及
to carry out
kāizhǎn
开展
large-scale
dà guīmó
大规模
talent / workforce
réncái
人才
training
péixùn
培训
according to
gēnjù
根据
the plan
jìhuà
计划
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
will
jiāng
将
with
yǔ
与
SoftBank
Ruǎnyín
软银
and
hé
和
Sakura Internet (Japanese cloud provider)
Sakura Internet
Sakura Internet
to partner
hézuò
合作
in
zài
在
Japan
Rìběn
日本
within the country
jìngnèi
境内
to expand
kuòjiàn
扩建
equipped with
pèibèi
配备
GPUs / graphics processing units
túxíng chǔlǐqì
图形处理器
possessive particle
de
的
AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
computing
jìsuàn
计算
resources
zīyuán
资源
the news
xiāoxi
消息
was announced
gōngbù
公布
after
hòu
后
providing
tígōng
提供
domestic
běntǔ
本土
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
services
fúwù
服务
possessive particle
de
的
Sakura Internet
Sakura Internet
Sakura Internet
share price
gǔjià
股价
in immediate response
yìngshēng
应声
to surge sharply
dà zhǎng
大涨
more than / over
yú
逾
20 percent
bǎifēnzhī èrshí
20%
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
to commit
chéngnuò
承诺
by
zài
在
2030
èr líng sān líng nián
2030年
before
qián
前
for
wèi
为
Japan
Rìběn
日本
most
zuì
最
having
jù
具
strategic
zhànlüè
战略
importance
zhòngyàoxìng
重要性
possessive particle
de
的
industries
hángyè
行业
to train
péixùn
培训
more than
yú
逾
one million (persons)
yī bǎi wàn míng
100万名
engineers
gōngchéngshī
工程师
developers
kāifāzhě
开发者
and
hé
和
industry workers
cóngyè rényuán
从业人员
Smith (Brad Smith)
Shǐmìsī
史密斯
during
zài
在
with
yǔ
与
the Japanese Prime Minister
Rìběn shǒuxiàng
日本首相
talks / meetings
huìtán
会谈
period / during
qījiān
期间
to state
biǎoshì
表示
this move
cǐ jǔ
此举
is
shì
是
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
and
yǔ
与
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to build
gòujiàn
构建
long-term
chángqī
长期
digital economy
shùzì jīngjì
数字经济
partnership
huǒbàn guānxi
伙伴关系
possessive particle
de
的
important
zhòngyào
重要
initiative
jǔcuò
举措
this
cǐcì
此次
$10 billion
yī bǎi yì měiyuán
100亿美元
possessive particle
de
的
investment
tóuzī
投资
plan
jìhuà
计划
to build on / continue
yánxù
延续
completion marker
le
了
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
in 2024
èr líng èr sì nián
2024年
to spend / invest
chìzī
斥资
$2.9 billion
èrshíjiǔ yì měiyuán
29亿美元
to deeply cultivate
shēngēng
深耕
Japan
Rìběn
日本
market
shìchǎng
市场
possessive particle
de
的
strategic
zhànlüè
战略
positioning / layout
bùjú
布局
this
zhè yī
这一
announcement
gōnggào
公告
comes at a time when
zhèngzhí
正值
global
quánqiú
全球
technology
kējì
科技
companies
gōngsī
公司
accelerating
jiāsù
加速
in
zài
在
the Asia-Pacific region
Yàtài dìqū
亚太地区
to position / invest
bùjú
布局
AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
infrastructure
jīchǔ shèshī
基础设施
Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
this move
cǐ jǔ
此举
carries
jùyǒu
具有
important
zhòngyào
重要
strategic
zhànlüè
战略
significance
yìyì
意义
News in English
BusinessMicrosoft Pledges $10 Billion Investment in Japan for AI and Cybersecurity
Microsoft President Brad Smith announces a $10 billion investment in Japan from 2026 to 2029, focusing on AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and training more than 1 million workers by 2030.
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