IT [Explainer] Germany’s Aleph Alpha Releases LLM Specialized in German and English
German AI company Aleph Alpha has released "Kolibri," a large language model specialized in German and English, as open ...
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IT [Explainer] Hitachi High-Tech and German ZEISS Announce High-Speed Micro-Defect Inspection Technology
Hitachi High-Tech and Germany's ZEISS have strengthened their joint development framework for next-generation multi-beam...
economy [News] US Treasury Increases Treasury Buybacks, Sending Ripples Through the Market
Although the U.S. Treasury announced an increase in the scale of its long-term bond buybacks to a maximum of $6 billion,...
economy [News] Shionogi to Acquire U.S. Biotech Firm
Shionogi & Co. has announced that it will make IntraBio, a US biopharmaceutical company, a wholly owned subsidiary for a...
Civil engineering [News] Honda and Taisei Corporation Jointly Develop In-Motion EV Power Supply System
Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Taisei Corporation, and Taisei Rotec Corporation have jointly developed foundational technology for...
IT [Explanation] Zoho Launches “AssetExplorer Cloud” IT Asset Management Tool
Zoho Corporation Japan has released "AssetExplorer Cloud," a cloud-based IT and non-IT asset management tool for enterpr...
IT [Explanation] DMP Conducts Demonstration Experiment for Abnormal Behavior Detection System in Osaka
Digital Media Professionals Inc. (DMP) conducted a demonstration experiment of an abnormal behavior detection system uti...
IT [Explanation] Opening of Physical AI Data Collection Center
STATION Ai in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, has established the physical AI data collection center for the manufacturing ind...
IT [Explanation] ELYZA Releases Two Native Japanese LLM Reasoning Models for Free
On October 2, 2026, ELYZA, a KDDI subsidiary, released two Japanese reasoning models based on "LLM-jp-4," developed by t...
economy [News] BOJ Output Gap Turns Positive at 0.55% for April-June Quarter
According to data released by the Bank of Japan on October 5, 2026, the supply-demand gap for the April–June 2026 quarte...