economy [News] South Korea’s SK Reportedly Plans Multi-Trillion-Yen Semiconductor Plant in Miyagi Prefecture
It has been revealed that South Korean semiconductor giant SK hynix is advancing plans to build a memory chip plant wort...
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IT [Explainer] Renesas and TIER IV Develop Level 4 Autonomous Driving Semiconductors
On August 20, 2026, autonomous driving startup TIER IV and major semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics announce...
IT [Analysis] Nvidia Denies Reports of Shipping New AI Chips to China This Year
U.S. semiconductor giant NVIDIA has officially denied reports regarding shipment plans for its new AI language processin...
Civil engineering [News] Sewerage Requiring Countermeasures Reaches 807 km
In a nationwide survey on aging sewer pipes conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (ML...
IT [Explanation] Identifying the Threat of Software Worms Invading the Cloud from Development Environments
In 2026, a series of threats were identified involving software worms that autonomously infiltrate cloud infrastructure ...
economy [News] US Commerce Secretary Reportedly Urges Apple Not to Source Chinese Chips
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has directly communicated his opposition to Apple's plan to procure memory sem...
economy [News] Major chipmakers scale back-end processes horizontally via optoelectronic integration, with testing technology as the key
NVIDIA has begun shipping Spectrum-6, its newest network switch utilizing Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), while Japanese telec...
IT [Explainer] SIGQ and GetWorks Partner to Build Closed-Network Environment for Autonomous AI
SIGQ Inc. and GetWorks Inc. have announced the joint rollout of an autonomous incident response platform featuring a "cl...
Civil engineering [News] Construction Plan Revived for Gunma’s Canceled “Kurabuchi Dam”
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has moved to resurrect the "Kurabuchi Dam" projec...
economy [News] Real GDP up 1.1% annualized in April–June, posting positive growth for 3rd straight quarter
The Japanese Cabinet Office announced on August 17, 2026, that Japan's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the April–J...