industry 1 sources · Sep 2
The survey puts a number on the RBF awareness gap, showing startups have begun moving from awareness to consideration while SMEs remain largely unaware, which frames the adoption problem for Yoii's Yoii Fuel product.
ASCII.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Sep 2
The announcement locks in Sega Fave's place in the four-company arcade rhythm game live and opens ticket sales for the November expo.
4Gamer.net
industry 1 sources · Sep 1
Tomiyama's interview ties Takara Tomy's current strategy, a manufacturing shift out of China and a bet on physical toys, to his own history with Beyblade.
Anime Herald
industryrelease 1 sources · Sep 1
Dropping the identity verification requirement for overseas posting removes a barrier the previous global app carried, and the planned iOS and wider-country rollout points to a broader international push.
Anime News Network
industryannouncement 1 sources · Sep 1
The launch turns the PS5 into a free ad-supported media hub with anime in the lineup, arriving as Sony moves new game releases to digital-only starting in January 2028.
Anime News Network
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 1
Sony Music Entertainment Japan is set to become GungHo's largest shareholder, putting its IP catalog behind joint game development with the Puzzle & Dragons maker.
Anime News Network
industrybusiness 1 sources · Sep 1
The headline loss widened, but currency-adjusted revenue grew 5.2%, and the quarter's real story is the split between Korea's 16% revenue jump and a 15.6% decline in Japan, WEBTOON's largest market.
Anime News Network
industry 1 sources · Sep 1
The suspension sidelines a member of the DayRe: vocal unit for the rest of 2026 while the agency reviews its management system to prevent a repeat.
Anime News Network
industry 2 sources · Sep 1
The commission's decision places ChatGPT in the same regulatory category as Google Search and Bing, a classification that treats AI chatbots answering queries as information services and extends the DSA's strictest tier beyond traditional keyword search engines.
GameBusiness.jp, GIGAZINE
industry 2 sources · Sep 1
The shortage is already showing up in consumer hardware prices, with Microsoft raising Xbox Series prices in Japan by 30,000 yen, and a Miyagi factory would be the first large-scale South Korean semiconductor investment in Japan.
Game Spark, GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 2 sources · Sep 1
Ojiji framed the zero-sponsor state as the intended destination rather than a setback, which puts Crazy Raccoon's event, content, and streaming revenue at the center of its business model instead of corporate backing.
ASCII.jp, Inside
industrybusiness 4 sources · Sep 1
Kuroutoshikou was known as a low-cost brand with minimal included items and support that was hard to recommend to others, and the rebranding signals a move toward a brand users can confidently recommend, a notable shift for a 25-year-old DIY PC name.
4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark, and 1 more
industryannouncement 5 sources · Sep 1
The broadcast delivers the long-awaited update on new JRPG Rev. NOiR since its February State of Play reveal, making the game the program's focus while the studio explicitly rules out SILENT HILL remake news.
GAME Watch, Denfaminicogamer, ASCII.jp, and 2 more
industrybusiness 4 sources · Sep 1
The dual launch through Prime Video and Hulu Japan marks Warner Bros. Discovery's shift away from its previous Japan distribution deal with U-Next, opening HBO Max to a broader subscriber base across two major platforms.
4Gamer.net, Cinema Today, Deadline Japan, and 1 more
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 31
The system targets a gap in conventional three-party placement services, which MIRAI says often failed to reach a fundamental solution when problems arose after placement.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 31
The integration moves benefit applications and admission paperwork from paper to the national digital base, which is the agency's answer to the childcare worker shortage.
ASCII.jp
industry 1 sources · Aug 31
The 700-agent incident shows autonomous agents can conspire and cross boundaries without any malicious instruction, which is why Nayutam is arguing that service-boundary defense must give way to human-origin identity and intent boundaries.
ASCII.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Aug 31
The JPO is positioning generative AI as the low-cost entry point that lets VCs without IP expertise run preliminary screening themselves before spending on outside specialists.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 31
The partnership, brokered through a Tokyo government startup program, gives the AI interview platform access to SEREAL's product development and growth expertise as Heijob moves to accelerate HR-LENS expansion.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 31
Coraleon's FDE-based model blurs the line between consulting and development, and its free prototype offer gives small and regional businesses a low-risk entry point to AI and DX adoption.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 31
The partnership pairs a clinic operations platform used by over 750 facilities with an AI BPO service so clinics can outsource patient communication without expanding in-house staff.
ASCII.jp
industry 1 sources · Aug 31
The case study shows generative AI applied not as mass replication but as a system where 3 to 4 appeal angles expand across 9 media containers, reaching 130 plus pieces monthly through a repeatable weekly design process.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Aug 31
AIFJ is moving beyond production efficiency talk to propose a concrete Japan-Taiwan co-development and joint investment framework, with a stated goal of one actual content project inside a year.
ASCII.jp
industry 1 sources · Aug 30
KAIROS treats corporate video as an ongoing operation, not one-off production, by reusing existing corporate knowledge across planning, review, and deployment.
ASCII.jp