Sega Opens Second China Store, SEGA STORE BEIJING
The opening of a second Chinese store within 14 months signals Sega's sustained push into mainland China's physical retail market.
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Kulture Launches LIVENODE Platform and Ticket Service to Unify Artist-Fan Data
The platform consolidates fan behavior data that was previously scattered across separate services, giving artists and management a unified view to inform promotion, fan communication, and live experience design.
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YouTube's Updated Monetization Policy Bans Offensive Content and AI Personas
The policy change clarifies that deliberately offensive content and AI-generated fake experts will not be monetized, while legitimate AI use remains permissible.
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AdVirtua Ties With Adjust to Track In-Game Ad Conversions
The integration removes a key measurement barrier that has limited in-game advertising's appeal to performance-focused advertisers.
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PagerDuty Enters MSP Partner Agreement with SCSK System Management
The partnership directly addresses the accelerating complexity of IT systems and the risk of downtime by combining incident response automation with managed service support.
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KDL Cuts Project Launch Time From 60 Minutes to 1 Minute With Backlog API
The case study shows how API-driven automation and integrated source code management can collapse infrastructure overhead for development teams, even in organizations that previously relied on on-premises tools.
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Growth Verse Expands Tokyo Headquarters by 1.6 Times as Business Grows
The expansion signals that GROWTH VERSE is scaling its physical operations to keep pace with demand for its AI agent services in marketing, retail, and voice.
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NVIDIA and Noetra to Build Japan's National-Scale AI Factory
The project positions Japan as a testbed for physical AI infrastructure, combining government backing with NVIDIA's hardware to build a foundation model for real-world industrial applications.
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Zoom's CX Summit 2026: AI and Human Co-Creation in Contact Centers
The summit signals Zoom's push to position itself as a cross-enterprise CX platform, moving beyond standalone contact center software toward integrated, AI-driven customer experiences.
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Stripe and Advent Offer to Buy PayPal for $53.4 Billion
The proposed acquisition would combine Stripe's payment processing infrastructure with PayPal's consumer base and Venmo, creating a dominant payments platform, but PayPal has not responded and the outcome is uncertain.
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Apple Intelligence Cleared for China Launch With Alibaba, Baidu as Partners
Apple's entry into China's generative AI market, via local partners, marks a strategic compromise that gives the company a foothold while ceding core model control to Chinese firms.
GIGAZINE
Webinar to Analyze How Georgian Retailer Goodwill Surpassed Amazon in E-Commerce
The case shows how a regional retailer used vertical integration, premium branding, and real estate assets to outpace a global giant in local e-commerce.
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Anfini Establishes Nakano AI Labo to Support Business AI Adoption
The Nakano AI Labo positions AI adoption as a business redesign process rather than a tool purchase, targeting the gap between interest and effective implementation.
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Shinker's Shizuoka Influencer Service S-CONNECT Hits 300 Assignments, 100 Creators
The milestone indicates growing demand for hyperlocal influencer marketing solutions that address the specific needs of small businesses and local governments in Japan.
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APTO Named Among 15 Startups in Qualcomm's Asia-Pacific AI Program
The selection positions APTO as a key player in Japan's push for edge AI solutions to address demographic challenges, with access to Qualcomm's hardware and technical support.
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TECH PLAY-X Adds Co-Creation Program to Sendai IT Human Resource Initiative
The addition of a practical demonstration stage to the UIJ turn program moves the initiative from awareness and ideation to hands-on problem-solving, potentially increasing the likelihood that IT talent will relocate to and remain in Sendai.
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Cynthia Representative Kunimoto to Speak at AI BUSINESS CONFERENCE 2026 Summer
The session positions Cynthia as a specialist in enterprise AI implementation, using a partnership with a major pharmaceutical firm to demonstrate real-world application.
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Tron Inc. Joins NVIDIA Cosmos Coalition to Advance Physical AI for Manufacturing
Tron's on-site data workflow addresses the data bottleneck for Physical AI, making factory digital twins and robot learning more practical.
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Kurashitech Publishes Vertical AI Position Paper for Medical Care
Kurashitech, an operator that embeds itself in the field, warns that vertical AI in medical and nursing care will repeat the failures of earlier digitalization unless it confronts the specific structural issues the paper identifies, and offers concrete proposals for the national strategy.
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Data Shows AI Overview Halves Click-Through Rate for Top Search Result
The report provides the first domestic data confirming that the assumption of '#1 ranking equals maximum traffic' is no longer valid in the AI search era.
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FAI and Aisin Takaoka Begin Joint Development of Cast-Parts Design System
The partnership applies AI-driven design exploration to casting, a traditional manufacturing process, potentially shortening automotive part development cycles by addressing multiple performance constraints early.
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Staneer Launches Two Services to Synchronize Recruitment With AI
The services directly target the structural weakness of small recruitment agencies-reliance on individual expertise-by offering a method to codify that knowledge into AI agents and operational workflows.
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Antre and I. Fujita International Sign MOU for Japan-US Franchise Expansion
The MOU creates a formal channel for franchise brands to cross the Pacific, addressing a market imbalance where US brands outnumber Japanese brands seven to one.
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ARROVA Shows Gaze-Recognition Light Field Display at Content Tokyo 2026
The demonstration shows how companies are using advanced display tech to make metaverse commerce accessible to audiences who do not own VR hardware.
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