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...
IT

【Explanation】Ollama v0.34 Now Supports ChatGPT App

Ollama, an open-source tool for running local LLMs, has been updated to v0.34, bringing native integration with the Chat...
IT

[Explanation] Medical AI startup “AI CLINIC” (Medical AI Iris) introduces Sakana AI to physician tools

Medical AI startup Aillis, Inc. announced the integration of Sakana AI's Japanese-specialized LLM into its physician-tar...
IT

[Analysis] Furuya Metal Increases Semiconductor Sensor Production with Completion of New Chitose Plant

Furuya Metal Co., Ltd., a major industrial precious metals manufacturer, has completed construction of its New Chitose F...
Civil engineering

[News] MLIT to Launch New Support Program in FY2027 to Strengthen Construction Industry Supply Capacity

In its budgetary request for fiscal year 2027, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has outlined ...
economy

[News] China Rapidly Catches Up in Semiconductor HBM3E Development

Chinese memory giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has reportedly begun small-scale production of its cutting-edge...
economy

[News] Masayoshi Son’s Wealth Drops by 1.2 Trillion Yen Amid Simultaneous Plunge in AI Stocks

On September 14, 2026, major AI-related stocks worldwide experienced a simultaneous sharp sell-off, wiping out approxima...