economy

[News] Report of the Study Group on ‘Protection of International Submarine Cables’

On July 10, 2026, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released a report outlining a policy to fundamenta...
Civil engineering

[News] Possibility of M7 or Higher Earthquakes at Two Active Seabed Faults in Seto Inland Sea

A research team from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology announced that they have confi...
economy

[News] China to temporarily ban helium exports

On July 10, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs announced a temporary ban on helium...
economy

[News] Four companies including Mitsubishi UFJ Bank form strategic partnership to apply AI-driven development across the entire financial system

Mitsubishi UFJ Bank has signed a strategic partnership with three companies, including IBM Japan, to apply AI-driven dev...
economy

[News] Zelensky shows interest in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Patriot missile

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed strong interest in cooperation with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...
IT

[Explanation] The inference engine ‘Colibrì’ that runs the GLM-5.2 on a regular PC

On July 10, 2026, the inference engine "Colibrì," which runs the large language model "GLM-5.2" on a typical home PC wit...
economy

[News] Metaplanet, JPYC, and two other companies explore new markets for digital credit

On July 10, 2026, MetaPlanet Inc., JPYC Corporation, and Progmat began joint discussions in the "digital credit" sector,...
IT

[Explanation] AI Agent ‘ChatGPT Work’

OpenAI has officially released its autonomous business agent, ChatGPT Work. The background is fierce competition for mar...
economy

[News] Terra Drone to Mass-Produce Domestically Produced Defense Drones

Terra Drone has announced its policy to establish a system to mass-produce tens of thousands of defense drones annually in Japan. Behind this lies a strategic goal of responding to a tense security environment and building a robust domestic supply network independent of imports. Production plans and aims for up to tens of thousands of […]

economy

[News] Four companies including Mitsubishi UFJ Bank form strategic partnership to apply AI-driven development across the entire financial system

Mitsubishi UFJ Bank has signed a strategic partnership with three companies, including IBM Japan, to apply AI-driven dev...