economy [News] Over 70% of Companies Report Impact from Middle East Situation
As tensions surrounding Iran escalated at the end of February 2026, multiple surveys revealed that over 70% of Japanese ...
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IT [Explainer] Next-Generation AI “Qwen4” Announced with Undisclosed Specs
At the Apsara Conference 2026, Alibaba Group announced the start of pre-training for its next-generation frontier AI mod...
economy [News] Nagasaki Prefecture’s Economy “Recovering Moderately,” Maintained for 39 Consecutive Months
The Bank of Japan's Nagasaki Branch maintained its economic assessment for Nagasaki Prefecture at "recovering moderately...
IT [Explanation] LLM Inference Engine “vLLM 0.30.0” Released
vLLM v0.30.0, an open-source inference engine designed to accelerate large language model operations, has been officiall...
IT [Explainer] Cognex Launches New Wafer Reader
Cognex has announced the new "In-Sight 1750 Series" wafer reader designed to enhance traceability in semiconductor manuf...
IT [Explainer] Alibaba Launches New AI Chip
Alibaba Group has announced the launch of its next-generation in-house AI processor, the "Zhenwu V900," alongside ambiti...
Civil engineering [News] MLIT Requests 7.6 Trillion Yen for Public Works in FY2027 Budget
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has requested 8.7694 trillion yen in general acco...
IT [Analysis] Anthropic Announces New AI Model “Claude Opus 5.5”
On September 22, 2026, Anthropic launched its latest AI model, "Claude Opus 5.5." It achieves performance comparable to ...
economy [News] Japan-US Summit: Agreed on Economic Security Cooperation Policy
On September 22, 2026, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and U.S. President Donald Trump held a summit meeting, agreeing on ...
IT [Analysis] UN Secretary-General Guterres Stresses the Need for AI Risk Management in a Speech
At the opening of the 81st United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2026, Secretary-General António Guterres urg...