economy [News] Corporate bankruptcies in the first half of the year hit a 13-year high due to rising prices
Nationwide corporate bankruptcies in the first half of 2026 reached 5,335, hitting a 13-year high due to the impact of i...
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IT [Explanation] Google Releases AI Game Creation Tool
US-based Google and Unity Software have announced "Playground," an experimental platform that allows users to create gam...
economy 【News】Rapidus Partners with 17 Companies to Build Semiconductor Ecosystem
Rapidus has announced "Rapidus CORE," an ecosystem designed to support the development and mass production of cutting-ed...
Civil engineering [News] Former Belt Conveyor Tunnel in Kobe to Become AI Data Center
A corporate alliance including Mitsui Fudosan has embarked on the development of Japan's first commercial underground AI...
IT [Explanation] LLM Inference Engine “Magnitude” Released, Up to 2x Faster
"Magnitude," an open-source LLM inference engine optimized for AI agents, has been released, demonstrating up to a 2x sp...
IT [Explainer] Claude Cowork: Local Execution Option Discontinued
On October 6, 2026, US-based Anthropic discontinued the local execution option for its "Claude Cowork" AI agent feature,...
IT [Explanation] Google Introduces “EmbeddingGemma 2”, an AI Handling Voice and Video
On October 6, 2026, Google DeepMind, Google's AI research division, announced "EmbeddingGemma 2," a lightweight multimod...
economy [News] Financial Services Agency Begins Cyber Exercises with Record-High 181 Participating Institutions
On October 6, 2026, the Financial Services Agency launched "Delta Wall 2026," a large-scale, cross-industry cybersecurit...
economy [News] Goldman Sachs Appoints Former FSA Official Hideaki Ariizumi as First Advisor
On October 5, 2026, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. announced the appointment of Hideyuki Ariizumi, former Vice Minister f...
economy 【News】TOWA to Build New Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Plant in Kyoto with 5 Billion Yen Investment
Major semiconductor manufacturing equipment maker TOWA has decided to invest approximately 5 billion yen to build a new ...