WASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday he sees opportunities for more collaboration between Japan and the United States in next-generation computer chips.

Kishida made the remark at a business roundtable on Critical and Emerging Technologies hosted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington the day before the Japanese leader is to hold a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden.

Earlier on Tuesday, U.S. firm Microsoft said it would invest $2.9 billion over two years to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Japan, its largest investment in the 46 years of its operations in the country.

  - Reuters