economy [News] Long-term interest rates temporarily hit a 30-year high
Japan's long-term interest rates temporarily surged to 2.950%, hitting their highest level in approximately 30 years. Th...
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Civil engineering [News] Record-breaking heavy rain hits Fukui Prefecture; overflow occurs at the Yoshino River in Fukui City
Starting August 29, 2026, record-breaking heavy rain occurred in Fukui Prefecture, and overflow and inland flooding were...
economy [News] U.S. Department of Commerce Considering New Regulations on Chinese AI Companies’ Remote Use of Overseas GPUs
New Cloud Regulation Framework Under Consideration by US Department of CommerceThe U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau ...
economy [News] US Treasury Secretary Expresses Expectations for BOJ Governor’s Decision, Set to Meet on the 31st
US Treasury Secretary Bessent expressed expectations that Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will make appropriate moneta...
economy [News] Government to Strengthen Integrated Support for Advanced Technologies, Accelerating Rare Earth Development
Following the 2026 amendment to the Foreign Exchange Act and the world's first successful deep-sea drilling, the Japanes...
economy [News] Government and BOJ Intervened on a 15 Trillion-Yen Scale in July-August
From the end of July through August 2026, the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan conducted a record-breaking JPY ...
IT [Explainer] OpenAI to End Technology Provision to Cursor in Mid-November
Citing its acquisition by SpaceX, OpenAI has proposed terminating its direct AI model supply agreement with the AI codin...
IT [Analysis] China’s Moonshot AI in Revenue-Sharing Talks with Three Major U.S. Cloud Providers
Moonshot AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, is engaged in unprecedented negotiations with Microsoft, Amazon,...
Civil engineering [News] MLIT Revises Shinkansen Construction Budget Requests
In its rough estimate requests for the fiscal 2027 budget, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (...
IT [Explainer] Otsuka Corporation Launches Box-Integrated Management Service
Overview of a New Service for Centralized Management of Project InformationSolution provider Otsuka Corporation will lau...