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...
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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...
Civil engineering [News] Ministry dispatches TEC-FORCE following levee breach at Lake Inba in Chiba
In September 2026, a major levee breach at Lake Inbanuma in Chiba Prefecture caused widespread flooding, prompting the K...
economy [News] BOJ Rate Hike Disrupts “Yen Carry Trade,” Sending Shockwaves Worldwide
The Bank of Japan’s decision to raise its policy rate from 0.25% to 0.5%—with further increases targeting around 1.25%—h...
IT [Analysis] Moving Toward Research on Defense Applications for AI-Powered Humanoid Robots
The Japanese government has revealed plans to launch full-scale research into integrating AI-powered humanoid robots int...
economy [News] US Republican lawmakers demand investigation into Trump family
Senator John Curtis, a Utah Republican, has requested that the Senate Judiciary Committee launch a formal congressional ...
Civil engineering [News] Measures Against Illegal Employment: Immigration Services Agency to Accompany Investigations by MLIT and Others
The Immigration Services Agency of Japan, in coordination with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Touri...
IT [Explanation] OpenAI to Announce New AI Agent on September 29
OpenAI has announced plans to reveal a new AI agent on September 29, 2026. As the paradigm shifts from traditional conve...