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🔹 In Tech news this week… KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd. has boosted its Cloud Center…

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Manufacturing 4.x: How Digital Innovation Is Making Global Supply Chains Smarter and More Resilient

Supply chains are fraying at the edges. Factories running late. Trucks stuck at borders. Raw materials disappearing. Every month feels like a new disruption. Tariff wars. Geopolitical tensions. Climate events. The world has made predicting supply nearly impossible. Companies are scrambling. Some survive. Many do not. This is where Manufacturing…

Slack App “Genmaicha” launches to boost AI collaboration

Creationline Inc., a company that provides cloud-native technology, agile development, and AI solutions, has launched "Genmaicha," an app…

Sales Marker, Sales Robotics Partners on Intent-Based Sales

Sales Marker Inc., which develops and provides "Sales Marker," a new-generation sales method that is…

HCLTech and Microsoft expand strategic partnership to help transform contact centers with generative AI and cloud-based solutions

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Microsoft…

IoT Consulting Launches Corporate Media “RokeMovaBiz”

IoT Consulting Co., Ltd. officially launched "LokeMovaBiz," a media specializing in mobile communication solutions for…

Bellsystem24 and Thinker Launch AI to Predict Call Needs

The Generative AI Co-Creation Lab., an initiative of BELLSYSTEM24, Inc., has begun offering "Hitotonari AI",…

HEAVEN Japan and Feedforce Group Forms Partnership

HEAVEN Japan Co., Ltd. has partnered with Feedforce Group Inc. to begin providing new support…

Ozvision and Perplexity Form Strategic Partnership

Ozvision Co., Ltd., which operates businesses mainly including the points site "Hapitas" with over 5.5…

Smaregi Links Up with BASE and STORES to Simplify Multi-Store EC Operations

Smaregi EC Unified Management, the EC centralized management system with built-in CRM from Net Shop Support Office Co., Ltd., has…

Ielove Brings Its AI Agent to LINE Inside Ielove CLOUD CRM

Ielove GROUP Co., Ltd., a company focused on digital transformation for the real estate industry,…

Media Kobo Forms Business Alliance with Credit Saison

Media Kobo Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a business…

Private 5G in Japan: How Enterprises Are Building Faster, Safer, On-Prem Networks

Japan is doing 5G differently. While other countries sit and wait for carriers to roll…

Payroll Enhances e-pay sugumo to Ease Company Adoption

e-pay sugumo, an on-demand pay service provided by Payroll Co., Ltd., will be enhancing its functionality on Tuesday, December 23,…

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Japan's digital banking sector is making a big move toward AI-driven security. au Jibun Bank has launched “AI Zero Fraud.” This fraud-prevention tool, made by LAC, aims to fight the…

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H2 Corporation Raises Pre-Series A Extension Funding Led by NEA

H2 Corporation, which provides the "AI Estimation" platform for estimating work automation, has raised funds in a pre-series A extension round from venture capital firms including New Enterprise Associates (NEA)…

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Money Forward, Inc. has begun offering an update API for its consolidated accounting system, Money Forward Cloud Consolidated Accounting, which allows users to register, update, and delete consolidated packages and…

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MILIZE Partners with Vietnam-Based Voice AI Firm NamiTech

MILIZE Inc., which promotes the democratization of finance through AI and FinTech, has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with NamiTech, a Vietnam-based voice AI technology innovator,…

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Reiwa Travel’s NEWT Chat Introduces Official LINE Linking

NEWT Chat, an AI agent chat service specialized for the travel and service industry, provided by the smart, economical travel app NEWT, operated by Reiwa Travel Co., Ltd. , has…

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Japan’s ROHM and Tata Electronics Forge Strategic Semiconductor Manufacturing Pact

ROHM and Tata Electronics have formed a key partnership. This deal will enhance semiconductor manufacturing in India. It will serve local and global markets. The collaboration was announced on December…

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Hitachi and Mitsubishi Chemical Team Up to Transform Equipment Management Using AI, Accelerating Manufacturing DX in Japan

Industrial technology leader Hitachi and chemical manufacturing giant Mitsubishi Chemical have launched a joint verification project to digitally transform equipment management operations at Mitsubishi Chemical’s large-scale production site in Tokai,…

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AI Is Raising the Stakes in Cybersecurity: BCG Warns of Escalating Threats and Urgent Need for Japan’s Tech Industry to Respond

A new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), titled AI Is Raising the Stakes in Cybersecurity, shows how AI is changing the threat landscape quickly. A global survey of 500…

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CrowdStrike Brings AI Security into the Open with Falcon AIDR

CrowdStrike has announced the general availability of Falcon AI Detection and Response, or AIDR, expanding its Falcon platform to cover a fast growing problem. Securing AI systems not just where…

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Nekokari Becomes Official Distributor for Android-Focused Headwind MDM in Japan

Nekokari Co., Ltd., a systems development and IT consulting company, has signed an official distributor agreement with Headwind Computer Systems & Communication Equipment Software Design FZE. Following this agreement, Nekokari…

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