IBM partners with Japanese business, academia in quantum computing

U.S. tech firm International Business Machines Corpon Thursday launched a research partnership with Japanese industry to accelerate advances in quantum computing, deepening ties between the two countries in an emerging and sensitive field.Members of the new group, which includes Toshiba Corpand Hitachi Ltd , will gain cloud-based access to IBM's U.S. quantum computers.The group will also have access to a quantum computer, known as IBM Q System One, which IBM expects to set up in Japan in the fir