Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, after his company debuted on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day, closing over 10 percent above its initial offering price in Japan's second-largest listing this year. (Kyodo)

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, after his company debuted on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day, closing over 10 percent above its initial offering price in Japan's second-largest listing this year.

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, after his company debuted on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day, closing over 10 percent above its initial offering price in Japan's second-largest listing this year.

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, after his company debuted on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day, closing over 10 percent above its initial offering price in Japan's second-largest listing this year.

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia President Hayasaka

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, after his company debuted on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day, closing over 10 percent above its initial offering price in Japan's second-largest listing this year.

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka rings the bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, as his company debuts on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day in one of the country's biggest initial public offerings this year. (Kyodo)

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka rings the bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, as his company debuts on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day in one of the country's biggest initial public offerings this year.

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka (C) poses for a photo during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, as his company debuts on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day in one of the country's biggest initial public offerings this year.

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka poses for a photo during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, as his company debuts on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day in one of the country's biggest initial public offerings this year.

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka (front row, C) poses for a photo during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, as his company debuts on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day in one of the country's biggest initial public offerings this year.

Japan chipmaker Kioxia aims to list on TSE in Oct.

Japan chipmaker Kioxia aims to list on TSE in Oct.

Photo taken in October 2022 shows Kioxia Holdings Corp.'s plant in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. The Japanese chipmaker has applied to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, possibly in October 2024, sources familiar with the matter said on Aug. 23, 2024.

New Osamu Tezuka manga plotted, designed by AI to be published

TOKYO, Feb. 26 : A new manga plotted and designed by artificial intelligence that learned the artistic style of "Astro Boy" manga creator Osamu Tezuka will be published this week, a project sponsor said Wednesday.The manga "Paidon" to be released Thursday in weekly comic magazine "Morning" has been created by AI, which analyzed 65 works by Tezuka, including such classics as "Phoenix" and "Black Jack," according to Kioxia Holdings Corp., a memory chip maker that launched the project. By analyzing Tezuka's works, AI generated character designs and basic storylines before professional creators added such elements as clothing and dialogue to complete the work. "I always felt sad whenever Osamu Tezuka fans said they could no longer enjoy his new work. AI creating his new work...that's exactly the kind of (technologically advanced) world depicted in Tezuka's manga," the late author's son and video creator Makoto Tezuka, who contributed to the project, told a press conference in Tokyo.