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🔹 In Tech News This Week…
Google’s Gmail gets a major update: AI-powered UI overhaul
The year 2026 has begun, and Google is moving forward with its mission to bring Gemini to as many people as possible, including new AI features for Gmail announced.
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🔹 In Industrial Tech News This Week…
SUPWAT Raises ¥200 Million to Expand Manufacturing DX Platform WALL
SUPWAT, the company behind the manufacturing DX platform WALL, announced on January 6th that it raised about ¥200 million in a pre-Series A funding round.
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🔹 In GovTech News This Week…
ToyoKumo Cloud Connect Launches “申請補助AI” to Automate Government Application Reviews and Boost Public Sector Efficiency
トヨクモクラウドコネクト (ToyoKumo Cloud Connect, TCC) has launched “申請補助AI” (Application Support AI). This AI tool automates key steps in reviewing municipal government applications.
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🔹 In FinTech News This Week…
Andes Raises ¥100M+ to Grow J-Planet E-Commerce Platform
Andes, the operator of the cross-border e-commerce platform J-Planet, which specializes in exports from Asia to Latin America, announced on the 1st that it has conducted a seed round of funding, bringing its total equity funding to over ¥100 million.
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🔹 In HR Tech News This Week…
KUROFUNE Raises Pre-Series A to Scale Settlement Support App for Specified Skilled Workers
KUROFUNE, a company focused on employment and daily life support for foreign personnel in Japan, has secured pre-Series A funding for its statutory and settlement support app, KUROFUNE PASSPORT.
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🔹 In Health Tech News This Week…
How ChatGPT Health Is Reshaping Personal Health Management
OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT Health is not about entering hospitals or challenging doctors. It is about formalizing a behavior that already exists.
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🔹 In MarTech News This Week…
monday.com Expands AI-Powered Agent, CRM Suite and Enterprise Features
monday.com Ltd. announced the next generation of product innovations at its annual user conference, Elevate. Building on its enterprise-ready platform and strong AI foundation, the company unveiled its new agent builder, monday agents, and launched its AI capabilities monday magic, monday vibe, and monday sidekick.
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🔹 Article of the Week
Identity-Centric Security in 2026: Why Japanese Enterprises Are Rethinking Zero Trust
The 2025 Digital Cliff has come and gone. Most Japanese companies did not fall off it. But they did not walk away clean either. What it left behind is a messy security landscape. Old systems patched just enough to survive. New cloud tools layered on top. And security teams trying to hold it all together.
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