Civil engineering [News] Niimi City Official Arrested for Suspected Leak of Public Works Price Estimates
In Japan, an official from the Niimi City Government in Okayama Prefecture and a construction company executive have bee...
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IT [Analysis] SBG CFO Goto: “AI Data Centers are Severely Undersupplied”
Yoshimitsu Goto, CFO of the Japanese multinational conglomerate SoftBank Group, has highlighted an overwhelming supply s...
IT [Analysis] Nearly half of 20-somethings interested in blue-collar jobs amid AI anxiety
According to surveys conducted between 2025 and 2026, roughly half of young workers in Japan—particularly those in their...
economy [News] Fujitsu and Chunghwa Telecom Collaborate on Social Implementation of Taiwan’s APN
Fujitsu, Chunghwa Telecom, and Fujitsu Group's 1FINITY have agreed on a strategic collaboration for the social implement...
IT [Explanation] Release of “ChatGPT Health”
OpenAI has officially released "ChatGPT Health" in the United States. While linking with personal medical records enable...
economy [News] Cabinet approves Regulatory Reform Implementation Plan 2026
On July 21, 2026, the Japanese government approved a new "Regulatory Reform Implementation Plan" at a cabinet meeting. B...
economy [News] SoftBank Group considers acquiring Swiss robot company Gravis
It has been revealed that SoftBank Group is considering acquiring Gravis Robotics, a Swiss startup specializing in auton...
economy [News] Kurita Kogyo subsidiary reported to customers without conducting partial environmental analysis inspections for about three years
It was discovered that Kurita Analysis Center, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kurita Industries, did not actually analyze ...
IT [Explanation] “Prompt Guide Exclusive to Opus 5”
On July 24, 2026, Anthropic refreshed its dedicated prompt guide with the release of its new flagship model, the Claude ...
Civil engineering [News] Framy: Automatically Generating BIM/CIM Models from 2D Drawings and Point Clouds
DataLabs Inc. has announced "Framy," a cloud service that automatically generates BIM/CIM models from point cloud data a...