CommentData analysis tech could help implement tax credit -- but poses risk of mission creepPalantir Chairman Peter Thiel, left, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at her office in Tokyo on March 5. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)SHIGESABURO OKUMURAJune 5, 2026 12:09 JSTTOKYO -- Few businesses are as closely associated with dual-use technology as Palantir Technologies. The American company that crunched vast amounts of data to help the U.S. military select targets for its attack on Iran has also left its mark in Japan.