Asia Pacific provided the goods this week with a couple of significant announcements to fill the summer vacation lull felt at news desks globally. Japanese radio station Nippon Broadcasting System has made a major AI-powered voice technology investment, while Chinese OTT video giant iQiyi revealed plans for a dedicated sports division – basically signaling game over for most competing sports platforms in China. It won’t shock readers to hear that Japan is one of the more advanced markets in voice technologies, with incumbent operator NTT Docomo expected to be a player in the global voice assistant market – offering an Alexa-esque assistant as part of its Smart Life series of technologies. KDDI is also involved with a TiVo-based voice remote,…