economy [News] September BOJ Tankan: Manufacturing Business Sentiment Improves Due to AI and Price Pass-Through
In the September 2026 BOJ Tankan, the business conditions DI indicating business sentiment among large manufacturers imp...
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economy [News] Microsoft Announces New AI Semiconductor
Microsoft has announced "Azure Maia 300," its next-generation in-house semiconductor designed for AI inference. By deplo...
economy [News] Bank of Japan Raises Policy Rate to 1.25%, Ushering in an “Era of Interest Rates”
The Bank of Japan raised its policy interest rate to 1.25%. Behind this move is a change in the economic environment whe...
Civil engineering [News] Sneaking into the construction site of the prefecture’s largest flood diversion channel underway in Numazu
Construction work is steadily progressing in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, for the "Numagawa New Diversion Channel I...
IT [Explanation] FPT Information System Partners with South Korea’s Naver Cloud in AI Factory Business
South Korea's Naver Cloud and Vietnam's IT giant FPT have announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop AI factor...
IT [Analysis] Global Semiconductor Market Tops $1 Trillion by August
According to recent announcements by the Semiconductor Industry Association and others, global semiconductor sales from ...
IT [Exploded] TBI Launches AI Security Camera Service “VORTEX”
TBI Inc. and AI Link Inc., both members of the Tokyo Boeki Group, have entered into a distributor agreement with VIVOTEK...
economy [News] Caution Surrounds French Government Bonds Amid Political Uncertainty and Fiscal Deficits
Yields on French government bonds surged, widening the yield spread against German bonds to levels not seen since 2012. ...
economy [News] Global Bond Slump and Impact on Further Central Bank Rate Hikes
Due to stubbornly high global inflation and expansive fiscal policies worldwide, bond yields in major countries, includi...
economy [News] Former BOJ economists sound the alarm over Takaichi administration’s economic policies
Tsutomu Watanabe, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and a former Bank of Japan economist, along with others,...