economy [News] Taiwan enacts comprehensive cryptocurrency regulation law
On June 30, 2026, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed a new law comprehensively regulating cryptocurrency-related businesse...
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economy [News] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to support Rakuten Mobile with up to 150 billion yen for the development of the Japanese version of Starlink
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has decided to secure domestic autonomy for low-Earth orbit satellit...
IT [Explanation] RAG specialized for manufacturing sites: ‘Manufacturing Site Knowledge AI’
On July 1, 2026, Language Understanding Institute (ILU), a group company of Sansan Corporation, launched the RAG (Search...
IT [Explanation] Spatial Information MCP Server
Informatics Inc. and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism have developed and released a "Spatial ...
IT [Explanation] Soochow University achieves over 30% efficiency with solar cells that do not use metals rarer than gold
A research team at Soochow University has developed a tandem-type solar cell with a conversion efficiency exceeding 30% ...
IT [Explanation] Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 benchmarks released
The benchmark scores for Qualcomm's next-generation mid-range chip, the Snapdragon 6 Gen 5, have been published on Geekb...
economy [News] LINE Yahoo officially proposes acquisition of Kakaku.com to compete with European funds and others
LINE Yahoo Corporation, in collaboration with U.S. investment fund Bain Capital, has officially proposed the acquisition...
economy [News] JAL returns 240 million yen to the government
It was discovered that Japan Airlines (JAL) had improperly received labor costs in public projects related to drones and...
economy [News] Absorbed NEC Solution Innovator through merger
NEC announced on July 1, 2026, that it will absorb its wholly owned subsidiary, NEC Solution Innovator. The background t...
IT [Explanation] Noetra and AIST selected for domestic ‘physical AI’ development
On June 30, 2026, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced that it had selected Noetra, a new company funde...