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The Global Codex Hackathon is a series of competitions hosted by OpenAI that sees partners develop highly practical AI agents using Codex, OpenAI’s system for software development. Held in cities around the world, including San Francisco a…
From November 7 to 9, 2025, a large-scale, three-day event called “Pokémon GO Wild Area: Nagasaki” took place in Japan’s Nagasaki City. This new type of Pokémon GO event sees players, or trainers, enjoying the game while roaming around the…
With more than 30% of its citizens over 65, Japan’s aging population is driving a surge in healthcare demand and medical costs, putting the sustainability of its healthcare system into question. To help extend healthy life expectancies and…
At a press conference held in Tokyo on May 11, 2026, to present SoftBank Corp.’s (TOKYO: 9434) earnings results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 (FY2025), President & CEO Junichi Miyakawa unveiled a new Medium-term Management Plan …
Key Highlights Net income increased by 5% YoY and reached record high, operating income up 5% YoY Record-high record revenue achieved for tenth consecutive year Aiming to achieve record-high earnings in FY2026 On May 11, 2026, SoftBank Cor…
High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), also referred to as "base stations in the sky," provide communication services from uncrewed aircraft that remain airborne in the stratosphere. They provide high-quality, high-volume, low-latency comm…
As reported earlier by SoftBank News, PayPay Corporation—a leading financial services provider in Japan with its “PayPay” cashless payment service and a SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) group company—began offering “Overseas Payment Mode” to i…
For decades, computers and smartphones have been organized with menus, files, folders and apps, and humans have adapted to this logic. A U.S.-based AI and interface company, Brain Technologies, Inc., however, is working to change this para…
Physical AI is technology where AI analyzes and makes decisions based on information obtained from a robot’s sensors and cameras, and external systems. This enables a robot to flexibly carry out complex movements that correspond to AI anal…
Japan continues to see more visitor arrivals, with the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reporting 3.266 million arrivals in September 2025, marking the first time to reach over 3 million in the same month and a 13.7% year-on-year…
