economy

[News] LSEG in Talks to Acquire Financial Data Firm Octorus

It has been revealed that the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is in talks to acquire US financial data firm Octus for...
Civil engineering

[News] MLIT Pilots “Conversational AI Surveys” to Promote Infrastructure DX

On October 9, 2026, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) launched a trial of an "interacti...
IT

[Explainer] Nitori Migrates Core System Infrastructure to OCI

Nitori Holdings has migrated its core systems, which support in-store sales and delivery operations, to Oracle Cloud Inf...
IT

[Explanation] Ibaraki City and NTT West Start Trials of School Administration AI

Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, and NTT West have launched a demonstration experiment utilizing a homegrown large langua...
IT

[Explanation] New Manufacturing Building for Semiconductor Photoresists Completed

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. has completed a new manufacturing building for semiconductor photoresists at its Koriyama Pla...
economy

[News] Bereaved Families Oppose Expansion of Discretionary Labor System, Call for Zero Work-Related Accidents

As the government sets forth a policy to expand the scope of the discretionary labor system, bereaved families of those ...
economy

[News] IMF World Economic Outlook: Japan’s GDP projected to drop to 6th globally

In the latest World Economic Outlook released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it has been revealed that Japan'...
economy

[News] NTT Invests in AI Infrastructure for US-based Anthropic

NTT DATA Group has entered final talks to build a dedicated data center in Osaka for major US AI company Anthropic. Boas...
Civil engineering

[News] MLIT Study Group Discusses Transition of Skilled Workers to Monthly Salary Systems

An expert panel at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has indicated a policy to strongly promot...
IT

[Explanation] Assured Launches Cloud Security Answer Search Feature

Assured, Inc. has begun offering an answer search function that enables cross-sectional verification of the security mea...