economy [News] US Commerce Secretary Reportedly Urges Apple Not to Source Chinese Chips
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has directly communicated his opposition to Apple's plan to procure memory sem...
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economy [News] Major chipmakers scale back-end processes horizontally via optoelectronic integration, with testing technology as the key
NVIDIA has begun shipping Spectrum-6, its newest network switch utilizing Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), while Japanese telec...
IT [Explainer] SIGQ and GetWorks Partner to Build Closed-Network Environment for Autonomous AI
SIGQ Inc. and GetWorks Inc. have announced the joint rollout of an autonomous incident response platform featuring a "cl...
Civil engineering [News] Construction Plan Revived for Gunma’s Canceled “Kurabuchi Dam”
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has moved to resurrect the "Kurabuchi Dam" projec...
economy [News] Real GDP up 1.1% annualized in April–June, posting positive growth for 3rd straight quarter
The Japanese Cabinet Office announced on August 17, 2026, that Japan's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the April–J...
IT [Explanation] Hyperscale Clouds Shift from HDDs to High-Capacity Flash, Following Meta
Driven by the explosive spread of AI servers, major cloud providers like Meta are shifting their storage strategy from t...
IT [Explainer] COMPUTEX 2026: US Qualcomm and others go on the offensive in the AI hardware race
At the COMPUTEX 2026 trade show held in June 2026, Qualcomm unveiled a new hardware strategy centered on "Agentic AI". A...
IT [Explanation] Resonac Recreates and Validates AI Semiconductor Packaging with 1kW-Class Heat-Generating Chip
Resonac Holdings Corporation, a major Japanese chemical and semiconductor materials company, has successfully replicated...
economy [News] Government and BOJ Intervened in Foreign Exchange with 6.2 Trillion Yen on April 30, Ministry of Finance Announces
The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan conducted a massive yen-buying intervention on April 30, 2026, totaling 6....
economy [News] BOJ Considering Additional Rate Hike in September? Amid Persistently High Corporate Prices
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has reportedly begun considering an additional interest rate hike to approximately 1.25% at its ...