Japan’s Nikkei soars to record highs as SoftBank soars amid AI fever

Japan’s Nikkei stock average rose to a new high on Thursday, with index heavyweight SoftBank Group rising more than 11% as investors bought into its vision of artificial intelligence-powered robots. Robot maker Yaskawa Electric also shot up 9.5%, with these two stocks handily outperforming all others on the Japanese stock benchmark. The tech-heavy Nikkei climbed […]