economy [News] Nikkei average opens lower for second consecutive day, led by AI semiconductor stock declines
On September 14, 2026, the Nikkei 225 Average opened lower and extended its slide, plunging by over 1,200 points intrada...
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economy [News] MinebeaMitsumi Freezes M&A in New Fields
Yoshihisa Kainuma, Chairman and CEO of MinebeaMitsumi, has announced a freeze on new M&A ventures into unfamiliar busine...
IT [Explainer] Rewriting 30,000 lines of “Nadesiko3” into Go using AI
The 30,000-line codebase of "Nadeshiko 3," a Japanese-based programming language, was ported and rebuilt in Go in virtua...
IT [Explanation] Kumamoto University and Others to Conduct Joint Research with German Institution on Semiconductor Assembly Technology
Kumamoto University, Yamagata University, and Germany's Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have signed a comprehensive partnership ...
IT [Explanation] Nitori HD Migrates Core Systems to Cloud, Boosts Performance Fourfold
Nitori Holdings has migrated its core system supporting store sales and delivery operations to a cloud infrastructure, b...
IT [Explainer] GMKtec Announces AI Mini PC with 192GB of Memory
GMKtec has unveiled the "EVO-X5 Pro," a mini PC equipped with up to 192GB of unified memory. This announcement addresses...
Civil engineering [News] MLIT: Housing Bureau-related budget requests total 418.7 billion yen in rough request for fiscal 2027
On August 28, 2026, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released its fiscal 2027 budg...
economy [News] Hikari Tsushin Acquires Leopalace21 via TOB, Totaling 270 Billion Yen
Hikari Tsushin, Inc. has announced a takeover bid (TOB) for Leopalace21 Corporation in partnership with two investment f...
economy [News] Anthropic Expands New Financial Services for Claude
Anthropic has expanded its generative AI platform "Claude" with new specialized features for financial institutions, rel...
economy [News] European Junk Firms Front-load Refinancing
European junk-rated companies are rushing to refinance roughly €3.7 billion in debt ahead of schedule. The movement is d...