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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
。

New Words

gongye
工业
industrial
xinxihua
信息化
information technology
lantu
蓝图
blueprint
shengji
升级
upgrade
shuzhuha
数字化
digitalization
jishu
技术
technology
zijei
自给
self-sufficiency
rengong zhineng
人工智能
artificial intelligence
jiqiren
机器人
robotics
hangtianj
航天
aerospace

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