industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 15
PeopleX is adapting its private-sector AI interview service to government procurement constraints with a fixed-fee model, signaling a push to make AX tools accessible to smaller public agencies.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The change makes the store a perk of higher-tier subscriptions, following February's price increases and a broader e-commerce consolidation that included the 2022 acquisition of Right Stuf.
Anime News Network
industryevent 1 sources · Jul 14
The roundtable places a startup specializing in AI-driven geospatial intelligence in direct dialogue with Japan's defense leadership.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Jul 14
The program acknowledges that AI has shifted the rate-limiting step from task completion to organizational decision-making, and that training this skill is now the critical gap.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Jul 14
The feature removes a key barrier for businesses wanting to repurpose influencer content as paid ads, by integrating video purchase and Meta ad delivery into a single workflow with no handling fees during beta.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 4 sources · Jul 14
The acceleration follows Google's legal settlement with Epic Games over app store fees and coincides with Japan's enforcement of the Smartphone Software Competition Promotion Act, indicating that regulatory pressure is reshaping Google's Play Store revenue model in Japan.
4Gamer.net, ASCII.jp, GameBusiness.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Jul 14
The service directly addresses a common corporate pain point: generative AI tools are widely adopted but often fail to produce productivity gains because they remain isolated from daily work routines.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The package directly addresses the welfare industry's common problem of relying on outsourcing vendors and limited in-house development capacity, offering a structured path to self-sufficiency.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The reception marks Nordberg Medical's formal entry into Japan's aesthetic medicine market, with an emphasis on academic exchange and transferring biomaterial science from Sweden to local medical professionals.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Jul 14
The partnership between a creative software company and a wellness brand signals a recognized need to address the physical toll of digital creation, an issue rarely tackled at this scale.
ASCII.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Jul 14
The event aims to create a new recruitment and collaboration model for entertainment fields by directly connecting talent and companies in Akihabara.
ASCII.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Jul 14
The involvement of a major bank, telecom, and trading company signals a step toward mainstream corporate adoption of blockchain for financial infrastructure.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The initiative directly addresses Japan's gap between research strength and global startup output by applying the peer-support model that produced over 20 unicorns at StartX.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The move gives Belong access to Mercari's large user base while addressing consumer trust concerns through a platform that guarantees quality and authenticity.
ASCII.jp
industry 1 sources · Jul 14
The decision ends a 6.5-year experiment that began as one of Japan's earliest remote work policies, signaling a full return to in-office work.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The selection places LiLz's inspection and energy-saving IoT solution into a government-backed regional initiative focused on industrial modernization and decarbonization in Ehime.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The program gives CIO a direct channel to move first-gen users to the redesigned second-gen charger, likely to improve user experience and consolidate its product line.
ASCII.jp
industry 1 sources · Jul 14
The potential free tier signals a major strategic shift for Disney+ as it seeks to compete with rapidly growing free ad-supported streaming services and address slowing subscriber growth.
GIGAZINE
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The membership signals SUPWAT's shift from selling a platform to shaping industry standards for manufacturing DX.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Jul 14
The CI-OS approach reframes generative AI as a tool for organizational learning rather than individual productivity, addressing a common failure point in corporate innovation.
ASCII.jp
industryevent 1 sources · Jul 14
First Recon AI is bringing its enterprise AI security platform to a public exhibition for the first time, signaling a push to address the growing governance and security concerns as companies adopt AI.
ASCII.jp
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 14
The rebranding marks a step toward professionalizing Kodera's word-centered community as she prepares to expand from editing into her own authorship.
ASCII.jp
industryannouncement 1 sources · Jul 13
The collaboration marks the first major brand partnership for bees, a studio that has rapidly moved from indie roots to high-profile anime work within months of its founding.
KAI-YOU
industrybusiness 1 sources · Jul 13
KLab's three-year case study offers a rare detailed blueprint for game companies adapting to the new Japanese smartphone law, showing that external payments can become a substantial revenue channel.
GameBusiness.jp