industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 10
Wacom is passing component, freight, and currency costs onto buyers about a year after both Android creator tablets launched, and the two-week gap between announcement and the new prices leaves little room to buy at the old figures.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 10
A tool built around ordinance research, takeoff, and know-how sharing targets the sign industry's estimating and succession problems, where general-purpose AI struggles with the terminology and workflow.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Sep 10
The partnership pairs LOCOK's exercise curriculum with Dentsu's media and local networks, betting that a community-level business model can address children's declining fitness where national programs have not.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 10
The investment puts a regional team operator and a baseball data and media producer under one strategy, aimed at turning local teams into content and data businesses rather than gate-driven ones.
ASCII.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Sep 9
The third edition of Tokyo Anim Unite connects students and next-generation creators with industry professionals, and the finalized program confirms that direct access to studios and portfolio reviews remains the core of the event.
GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 9
The partnership targets the aggregation market for low-voltage storage, which regulatory revisions in April 2026 opened to market participation.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Sep 9
The selection pushes construction-site robotics from inspection into execution, targeting the power-tool work that still depends on human physical skill.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 5 sources · Sep 9
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.
KAI-YOU, Denfaminicogamer, GameBusiness.jp, and 2 more
industryannouncement 3 sources · Sep 9
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.
Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 2 sources · Sep 9
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.
GameBusiness.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
ASCII.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 9
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.
GameBusiness.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Sep 8
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.
GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 8
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.
Anime News Network
industrybusiness 2 sources · Sep 8
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.
Anime Corner, OtakuKart Anime
industry 2 sources · Sep 8
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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