Civil engineering

[News] MLIT Requests 2,800-Fold Increase in Autonomous Driving Budget for FY 2027 Approximate Requests

In its FY2027 budget request, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has proposed a mass...
economy

【News】Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Plans Major Reduction in US Treasuries

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which manages over \$2.3 trillion in assets, has proposed cutting the weight of governme...
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[Explanation] AMD Announces “Ryzen AI Max PRO 400” with Support for 192GB Memory

The Debut of a New Processor Enabling Local Execution of Massive LLMsIn May 2026, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) officiall...
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[Explanation] SCAT Hit by Cloud Resource Abuse, No Information Leak Confirmed

SCAT Inc., a developer of management systems for the beauty salon industry, has fallen victim to the unauthorized use of...
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[Explanation] Will Smart Selected for Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Bus Operations DX Project

A project proposed by Will Smart Co., Ltd. to build a new cloud-based core business system for bus operators has been se...
Civil engineering

[News] Niimi City official-led bid-rigging matches minimum price limit

Arrest and Indictment of a City Official and a Local Contractor over Renovation WorkOn the evening of August 5, 2026, th...
economy

[News] Financial Services Agency to Step Up Monitoring of 40- and 50-Year Mortgages

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has finalized plans to tighten its monitoring of underwriting standards at banks...
economy

[News] Daiwa House Industry Restructures Domestic Housing Business Operations

Daiwa House Industry has decided on a landmark restructuring of its domestic housing business. In response to structural...
economy

[News] South Korea’s Export Value Set to Reach Record High

Fueled by a massive surge in semiconductor exports, South Korea's annual export volume is on track to surpass the histor...
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[Explainer] OpenAI’s AI Agent May Be Sharing Answers on Dormant Sites

A group of autonomous AI agents developed by OpenAI was discovered to have hijacked a dormant German website to construc...