economy [News] Canada Announces Retaliation Against US Additional Tariffs
On August 22, 2026, the U.S. Trump administration imposed a 50% additional tariff on imports from Canada, and trade nego...
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economy [News] Japan and Taiwan Deepen Cooperation in Semiconductors and AI, Promoting Supply Chain Stability and Human Resource Development
Japan and Taiwan have deepened their cooperation in the high-tech sector, reinforcing supply chain establishment and tal...
IT [Explainer] NVIDIA Partners with South Korea’s AI Semiconductor Rebellions, Eyeing Acquisition
Progress on Partnership Talks Between Nvidia and RebellionsOn August 21, 2026, it was reported that U.S. semiconductor g...
IT [Explanation] Salesforce Expands Headless 360, Enabling Autonomous AI Invocations
Salesforce has announced a major expansion of "Headless 360," enabling AI agents to dynamically and autonomously invoke ...
IT [Explanation] Nippon Express Adds AI Conversational Feature to Logistics App
Nippon Express has added a new feature called "BI LLM Chat" to its logistics web application "DCX," which enables intera...
economy [News] Taiwan President to Issue Flat-Rate Cash Payouts from AI Benefits
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has announced a plan to distribute a flat cash payment of 10,000 New Taiwan Dollars to ...
economy [News] Rising Yields Trigger Shift from Deposits to Government Bonds, Signs of Unprecedented Asset Migration
The Impact of the Policy Rate Hike to 1.00% and Rising Government Bond YieldsIn June 2026, the Bank of Japan decided at ...
economy [News] US Treasury Secretary Dismisses Rising Interest Rates, Plans to Announce Fiscal Consolidation Measures Soon
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the buyback program for long-term government bonds will be doubled an...
economy [News] Samsung to Return Up to 12.6 Trillion Yen to Shareholders, a Record High for South Korea
Samsung Electronics has announced a shareholder return policy of up to 110 trillion won, the largest ever by a South Korean company. This move is driven by a surge in semiconductor demand amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom and the company’s abundant free cash flow. The Full Picture of the Largest-Ever Shareholder Returns At its […]
economy [News] Takaichi Administration to Develop “Autonomous Driving Semiconductors” Using Public Funds
The development of next-generation autonomous driving semiconductors funded by public money is finally moving into full swing. Behind this initiative lies a massive national investment roadmap centered on economic security under the Takaichi administration, along with an ambitious growth strategy aimed at capturing a global share of the autonomous vehicle market. Tier IV Joins JST […]