economy [News] US Commerce Secretary asks Apple not to use Chinese-made chips
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has issued an extraordinary warning to Apple, stating that the use of memory c...
economy 
IT [Explanation] Local AI “Qwen3.8-27B” Released
Alibaba's Qwen team has released the open-weight model Qwen3.8-27B. While inheriting the state-of-the-art performance of...
IT [Explanation] Google Pixel Flagship Store Arrives in Japan
On August 13, 2026, Google opened "Google Store Omotesando" in Tokyo, its first direct retail location outside the Unite...
IT [Explanation] Sycom Releases Workstations for AI Development
Sycom, a Japanese BTO (Build to Order) PC manufacturer, has released the "Lepton Twin GPU Edition," a workstation specia...
Civil engineering [News] Investigation into the cause of drainage pump failure at Chiba underpass
In August 2026, a fatal accident occurred in an underpass in Chiba City, Japan, when drainage pumps failed to operate du...
IT [Explanation] Listed companies’ net profit for April-June surges 64%, driven by AI and semiconductor demand
Japanese listed companies saw a historic surge in profits during the April–June 2026 quarter, driven by a global acceler...
IT [Explainer] Salesforce Amplifies SaaS Value with AI Agents
Salesforce is accelerating the realization of the "Agentic Enterprise"—an era where software evolves from a tool that as...
IT [Explanation] Alibaba Operates System to Bypass LLM Processing for Standard Inquiries for a Year
Alibaba Group has implemented an "AI Eligibility Classification" system in its e-commerce customer service operations to...
IT [Explainer] TSMC and Sony to Invest 747 Billion Yen to Boost Kumamoto Semiconductor Production
Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) have officially signed a definitive a...
IT [Explainer] SB Intuitions and Others Jointly Research Medical-Specific LLM
SB Intuitions, Juntendo University, SoftBank, and HEMILLIONS have launched a joint research project utilizing "Med-Saras...