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【News】Rapidus President Envisions Building Lunar Semiconductor Plant Around 2040

Atsuyoshi Koike, President of Rapidus—a company spearheading Japan’s effort to domesticate next-generation semiconductor...
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[News] NEC to Cut In-House AI Token Costs to One-Tenth

NEC Corporation has unveiled an ambitious target to cut its internal generative AI token costs to one-tenth by the secon...
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[News] US August PPI Rises 0.4% Month-over-Month

The U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) for August 2026 rose 0.4% month-over-month and accelerated to a 5.4% year-over-year ...
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[News] Sumitomo Corporation and Sakana AI Form Partnership to Support Domestic Generative AI Deployment for 100,000 Companies

Sumitomo Corporation, SCSK, and Sakana AI have entered into a comprehensive strategic partnership aimed at driving Japan...
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[News] BOJ Policy Board Member Masu Hints at Additional Rate Hike in Speech

In a speech delivered in September 2026, Bank of Japan Policy Board Member Kazuyuki Masu stated that negative real inter...
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[News] Nikkei Average Extends Losses, Drops 545 Yen in Morning Session on the 10th

The Nikkei Stock Average extended its decline during the morning session on September 10, dropping over 950 yen at one p...
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[News] OpenAI’s Massive Mac Procurement and Expanding AI Use Cases

OpenAI has reportedly acquired tens of thousands of Macs to bolster its AI agent training. This massive procurement is d...
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[News] South Korea’s deficit-covering debt projected to exceed 150 trillion yen by 2030

Ballooning Deficit-Covering Debt and the 150 Trillion Yen Threshold by 2030Concerns over the sustainability of South Kor...
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[News] Brazil’s August Trade Balance Posts $7.394 Billion Surplus, Exceeding Expectations

In August 2026, Brazil recorded a trade surplus of \$7.394 billion, exceeding market expectations. While robust exports ...
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[News] Nihon Micronics’ Operating Profit Doubles on AI Semiconductor Boom

Driven by an exponential surge in demand for High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) used in AI semiconductors, Micronics Japan Co.,...