Tensor Energy and Eco Style Partner on Low-Voltage Grid Storage
The partnership targets the aggregation market for low-voltage storage, which regulatory revisions in April 2026 opened to market participation.
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Ai Sugiyama Joins Athlete Japan Ad Subscription Service
Sugiyama's addition expands Athlete Japan's ambassador lineup with a globally recognized tennis figure, giving small and mid-sized firms a high-profile likeness for branding and recruitment while tying usage to the company's CSR education program.
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XNOVA Wins GENIAC Selection to Build Power Tool AI Model Tool-VLA
The selection pushes construction-site robotics from inspection into execution, targeting the power-tool work that still depends on human physical skill.
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Medi Face Joins Digitalization Subsidy Program as IT Support Operator
The registration places Medi Face's AI mental health tool inside a government subsidy framework, removing the cost barrier that has kept small and mid-sized companies out of mental health DX.
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Pixiv Invests in VRChat Inc. in Capital and Business Alliance
The alliance formalizes a relationship that already runs through commerce: BOOTH has become the largest domestic marketplace for VRChat-related items, and the deal moves Pixiv from creation and distribution into the experience layer inside VRChat itself.
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Keighley and Cerny Co-Found Nova Games Foundation to Fund Young Creators
The no-equity, no-repayment grant model sets Nova apart from earlier industry support funds such as Indie Fund, which recoups its money after release, and it comes from two figures who have avoided direct commercial investment in games.
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Algomatic Dynamics Raises 5 Billion Yen to Launch AI Hand Platform
DMM chairman Keiji Kameyama, who withdrew from robotics after about six years, is backing the startup again, and Algomatic Dynamics targets a domestic launch of its AI hand platform within 2026.
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GTMF 2026 Announces First 15 Exhibitors and Opens Visitor Registration
The first exhibitor batch shows GTMF 2026 covering platform holders, infrastructure firms, and audio and graphics middleware vendors, with new names like Toshiba, SoftBank, and Khronos Group joining the roster.
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Asilla Joins Japan Panel at Saudi Arabia's LEAP 2026
Asilla is betting that deployment know-how built in Japan can transfer to Saudi Arabia's existing surveillance camera base, positioning its AI security system as a practical contribution to the kingdom's Vision 2030 urban safety needs.
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ASUENE Launches DPP Feature for EU Product Compliance
Japanese manufacturers exporting to the EU now face DPP requirements regardless of where they produce, and ASUENE is packaging the full compliance workflow into one platform.
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UEC Game Research Center CEREC Sets September 29 Opening Ceremony
The ceremony puts the PlayStation creator, now a special visiting professor at his alma mater, in direct conversation with the university president about what the game industry expects from universities, at a center that already pairs students with companies on game development.
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Interbeing Raises 50 Million Yen from Kakuchi for Voice Analysis
The deal makes a 140-year-old regional sales company both the investor and the test site, giving Interbeing a live sales floor to prove that non-verbal voice cues can show how a pitch was received.
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Trimble Acquires Terasat Japan, Takes Over Its VRS Network
The deal converts a long-running Trimble technology customer into an owned asset, giving Trimble direct control of Japan's VRS correction infrastructure and the GSI reference point data it runs on.
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Creator Workspace SP8A to Open in Akasaka with Rising Fee Model
The pricing model locks in early members' rates while later joiners pay more, and the workspace is pitched as a direct answer to freelance isolation and the rising value of judgment over production in the AI era.
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Gunosy Launches Media AI Partnership for Newspapers and Broadcasters
Gunosy is packaging the AI agent workflow it runs on its own media into a B2B service, betting that newspapers and broadcasters will automate daily operations while keeping humans on final editorial decisions.
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VIPO and CNC Webinar to Explain French Film Support Programs on October 1
The webinar gives Japanese producers a direct walkthrough of CNC's two main support mechanisms, with the Japan-France co-production "Renoir" as a working case study.
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Lionsgate Partners With Toei Animation for U.S. Distribution of Anime Projects
The deal gives Toei a single U.S. distribution partner for its anime slate and puts Lionsgate in line for future co-productions, starting with the Monkey Quest film.
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Crunchyroll Seeks Anti-Piracy VP to Lead Global Anime Enforcement
The hire signals Crunchyroll is shifting from case-by-case takedowns to a coordinated enforcement strategy that reaches across the entire online distribution chain, from hosting providers to payment processors, at a moment when Japan's government is tying anti-piracy work to its content export targets.
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LINE Yahoo Checks Chiikawa Resale Listings After Kura Sushi Misconduct
The enforcement carries the canceled collaboration's fallout into the resale market, where complete sets of goods and non-sale items had appeared in large numbers.
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Puzzle and Escape Games Cross 100 Billion Yen as Experiential Entertainment Expands
The seminar's data shows experiential entertainment is expanding rather than stalling after Immersive Fort Tokyo's closure, with puzzle and escape games crossing 100 billion yen and ARG proliferating beyond what audiences can track.
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V-CUBE Launches RTC Development Support Service
V-CUBE is moving from SDK integration support to full end-to-end development assistance, addressing the common failure point where real-time communication prototypes work in testing but break down in production environments.
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AI 3D CAD Startup Tokoshie Raises Funding from East Ventures
The funding lets Tokoshie shift its base to the US and push Ignite0, which targets the concept design stage rather than replacing existing CAD, into enterprise manufacturing and robotics.
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Creative Studio MIC FIELD Launches to Design Experiences
The studio's launch puts experience design at the center of sports and wellness venues, with pickleball and sauna projects already running and sports and hotel partnerships planned.
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JP Digital Named to Wantedly Awards 2026 Best Team Nomination 100 for Second Year
The second straight nomination puts a Japan Post Group DX arm on Wantedly's hiring-branding list, with GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE, ROOKIE, and LOCAL winners to be named at FUZE2026 on September 25.
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