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industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 13

TBM And Sotas Sign Basic Agreement On GX Chemical Materials

The deal applies Sotas's supply chain and data infrastructure to TBM's CCU and recycled products at the point where Japanese GX chemical policy aims to convert investment into actual procurement and adoption.

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industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 13

Getworks and KAGOYA JAPAN Plan Container Data Center Tie-Up

The tie-up is a bet that demand for GPU computing and regionally distributed data centers will outgrow what fixed facilities can supply, with the two companies pooling design, build, and operation roles rather than committing to a single construction project.

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industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 13

Smart Soudanshitsu Partners With Levacli Workplace Health

The partnership widens access to counseling through an existing employee benefit channel rather than a new standalone service, a route that mirrors how corporate mental health support is increasingly delivered.

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industry 2 sources · Oct 13

Microsoft to Deploy Maia 300 AI Chip in 2027

Microsoft is moving its own chips to the center of its inference infrastructure, which shifts a large share of AI compute demand away from merchant GPUs and toward in-house silicon.

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industryevent 1 sources · Oct 11

Yuriten Cancels 10th Anniversary Kickoff After Artists Criticize AI Use

A decade-old exhibition built on the labor of yuri creators lost its opening weekend because it could not confirm the images promoting it were not machine-made, which tells the organizers' own contractors where the line now sits.

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industryevent 1 sources · Oct 9

TIFFCOM 2026 Sets Tokyo IP Market and Gap-Financing Pitch Slate

The pitch lineup puts long-running Japanese film and toy properties next to comic originals in the same room as international gap-financing projects, which is the shape TIFFCOM is now selling to overseas buyers.

GameBusiness.jp
industry 2 sources · Oct 9

Crunchyroll Study Finds Anime Fills Half Of Teen Viewing

The study measures how much of an existing young audience's viewing anime takes up, not how popular anime is among teenagers overall, which is a narrower claim than the numbers will be read as.

Cartoon Brew
industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 9

X Kitchen Adds Torisho Karaage Brand to Ghost Restaurant Franchise

X Kitchen is betting that a government plan to cut the food consumption tax rate to 1% for two years from April 2027 will push more delivery demand through its zero-fixed-cost franchise model, and Torisho is the next brand it wants in place before that starts.

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industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 9

Kadode Selected As OpenAI Select Partner In Partner Network

The listing places a Japanese implementation consultancy inside OpenAI's partner program, a signal that OpenAI's enterprise push in Japan now runs through local delivery firms and not only direct sales.

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industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 9

Dida Signs MOU With VORTEX To Expand Travel Business In Japan

The MOU gives Dida a local partner for partner discovery and deal-making in Japan while explicitly leaving its existing Japan operations, hotel partners, suppliers and transaction terms untouched, so the agreement is about new business development, M&A and strategic collaboration rather than a change to how Dida runs its current distribution business.

ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 9

LeapShark Signs Partnership With PECB

A Japanese AI vendor is pairing its enterprise platform with an international certification body, betting that corporate AI adoption sells on governance and trained staff rather than the tool alone.

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industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 8

Silicon Studio Posts 206 Million Yen Operating Loss

A contract developer's quarter can swing on a single completed project and the timing of 3DCG work, which is why the full-year forecast moved for a second time rather than holding.

GameBusiness.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 8

Soramichi Joins IVRy Partner Program for AI Phone Response

A digital marketing and CX consultancy adding a conversational AI phone platform to its proposal menu is a small signal that the reseller channel for Japanese corporate phone automation is widening beyond the vendor's own sales team.

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industrybusiness 1 sources · Oct 8

Crunchyroll Manga App Expands To U.K., Ireland, South Asia, ANZ

Crunchyroll is widening a paid manga app into eleven more markets while its console footprint narrows, with the main app set to leave the Nintendo Switch on October 30 and a PS5 anime hub due next spring.

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