2026-06-18 21:00–24:00 JST
46 received, 46 listed, 4 sources
One place for news and notices from 2 countries/regions: Taiwan, 27 items from 2 sources; Japan, 19 items from 2 sources.
One edition every 180 minutes: every item from every source received in the period, with the original link.
Taiwan | 中央社 CNA（25）
Wildfires break out in Spain's Catalonia, halting high-speed rail between Madrid and Barcelona Published 2026-06-18 23:35 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Temperatures in Spain's inland valleys could exceed 36 to 38 degrees Celsius Valleys in the east could reach 40 degrees Some areas have a slight chance of temperatures soaring to 42 degrees on the 22nd Companies mentioned：西班牙鐵路基礎設施管理公司、西班牙國家鐵路公司
Original
Taiwan's competitiveness rises to 4th globally; President Lai: Best result ever Published 2026-06-18 23:34 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Taiwan rises to 4th globally among 70 countries assessed Among economies with populations exceeding 20 million, it has also ranked 1st in the world for 6 consecutive years This year, Taiwan improved to 5th globally in "economic performance" It improved to 6th globally in "government efficiency" It maintained 4th place globally in "business efficiency" Companies mentioned：瑞士洛桑管理学院（IMD）
Original
Original 威力彩頭獎10.38億元1注獨得 獎落台北市 Published 2026-06-18 23:05 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
The jackpot was won by 1 ticket, with a prize of NT$1.038 billion Original 貳獎7注中獎，獎金141萬9610元 Companies mentioned：威力彩、台彩、中央社
Original
US Justice Department investigates transactions linked to Iran's supreme leader; US banks suspected of involvement Published 2026-06-18 22:08 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
美國司法部 (DOJ) is investigating how Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei built a global investment portfolio involving 華爾街銀行. Companies mentioned：彭博、美國司法部、華爾街銀行、摩根大通集團、花旗集團、路透社
Original
Original 威力彩第115049期開獎 Published 2026-06-18 21:52 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
The winning numbers in the first zone are 02, 23, 09, 08, 15, 18 The winning number in the second zone is 04 Companies mentioned：台彩
Original
楊金龍 on Taiwan stocks: Tech firms are indeed making money, and economic fundamentals are solid Published 2026-06-18 21:37 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Economic growth forecast raised to 9.45% Companies mentioned：台積電
Original
China again uses a pretext to intrude, conducting a "marine environmental survey" in waters east of Taiwan Published 2026-06-18 21:37 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Conducts a marine environmental survey in waters east of Taiwan 中國海警局 later dispatched the Daishan vessel group to conduct a "law enforcement patrol" in waters east of Taiwan on June 1 中國交通運輸部 jointly carried out the "special maritime traffic law enforcement and survey operation in waters east of Taiwan Island" with 福建海事局, 廣東海事局, 東海航海保障中心 and 東海救助局 Companies mentioned：中國自然資源部、中國海警局、新華社、中國交通運輸部、福建海事局、廣東海事局、東海航海保障中心、東海救助局
Original
Facing inflationary pressure, Bank of England holds interest rate steady at 3.75% Published 2026-06-18 21:37 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Benchmark interest rate remains unchanged at 3.75% Raise interest rates to 4.0% Original 5月通膨年增率維持2.8% 英格蘭銀行's 2% target Companies mentioned：英格蘭銀行、美國聯邦準備理事會、日本銀行、歐洲中央銀行
Original
杏昌 acquires 76% stake in 安星製藥 for more than NT$890 million, expanding into drug manufacturing Published 2026-06-18 21:36 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Total transaction value is approximately NT$891 million to NT$934 million Plans to acquire a 76% stake At NT$82 to NT$86 per share Acquires 10.868 million common shares from 安星製藥 shareholders Companies mentioned：杏昌生技、安星製藥
Original
Heavy afternoon rain in Taipei City; man trapped in a home in a Xinyi District alley rescued Published 2026-06-18 21:33 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Authorities received reports of 91 incidents Of these, 75 were flash flooding incidents caused by short-duration heavy rain Successfully rescued a 44-year-old man Companies mentioned：台北市政府、台北市警察局信義分局
Original
伊朗 says historic agreement will end the war, refuses to include missiles in talks Published 2026-06-18 21:33 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
This is a historic document Companies mentioned：伊朗、美国、巴基斯坦、以色列
Original
Lottery shop partially prevails in final ruling over penalty for selling sports lottery tickets to minors Published 2026-06-18 21:29 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Penalty requires Ms. Chen to return NT$12,520,250 to the sports lottery surplus The ruling requires Ms. Chen to return NT$5,159,890 Sales and management fees collected by Ms. Chen (that is, sales commissions) totaled NT$490,690 The amount of prize money to be returned is NT$4,669,200 Companies mentioned：運動部、最高行政法院、台北高等行政法院
Original
Woman who lay on hood to stop drunk driving thrown off and killed; live-in partner's 15-year sentence upheld Published 2026-06-18 21:29 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
A woman surnamed Zhang drove after drinking in Yilan County in 113 Ms. Zhang and Ms. Lin had been cohabiting and in a relationship since 111 Original
US Section 301 investigation: 卓榮泰 says efforts are being made to ensure ART leads to a favorable decision for Taiwan Published 2026-06-18 21:29 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
美國商務部 plans to invoke Section 301 to impose 10% tariffs on 14 countries, including Taiwan, citing forced labor Taiwan is among 14 countries recommended for a lower tariff rate of 10% Companies mentioned：美國商務部、美國貿易代表署（USTR）、行政院台美經貿工作小組
Original
About 60 bank employees investigated; 金管會 says 13 banks reported major incidents Published 2026-06-18 21:23 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
About 60 bank employees investigated 13 banks reported major incidents Banks must submit reports by June 29 at the latest Companies mentioned：金管會、國銀、銀行公會
Original
Foreign investors return to net buying, purchasing NT$21.1 billion worth of shares in two traditional-industry leaders and active ETFs Published 2026-06-18 21:18 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
中鋼 ranked first with 319,900 lots 台塑 ranked 3rd with 142,200 lots 主動統一升級50 (00403A): 196,400 lots 主動統一台股增長 (00981A): 115,900 lots Taiwan stocks rose 587.81 points today Closing at 46,465.2 points The three major institutional investors bought a net NT$30.978 billion in Taiwan stocks today Dealers bought a net NT$15.488 billion Investment trusts sold a net NT$5.641 billion 中鋼: 286,000 lots Companies mentioned：中鋼、台塑、主動統一升級50、主動統一台股增長、群益台灣精選高息、聯電、友達、旺宏、台玻、康霈、彩晶、兆豐金、群創、鴻海、緯創、遠傳、聯合再生、華邦電、臻鼎-KY、玉山金
Original
No Japanese films at 上海電影節; veteran film buff says it is worse than the "Korean ban" Published 2026-06-18 21:18 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
上海電影節 screened no Japanese films in 2026 Japanese films had 224 screenings at 上海電影節 in 2025 In opposition to the US deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) in South Korea, China imposed a "Korean ban" starting in 2017 Companies mentioned：上海電影節、坎城影展、柏林影展、釜山國際電影節、濱口龍介、是枝裕和、鬼滅之刃、名偵探柯南、航海王、火影忍者
Original
Original 不滿遭比南非種族隔離政權 以外長切斷與歐盟外長聯繫 Published 2026-06-18 21:15 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Since the Gaza war broke out in October 2023 Companies mentioned：以色列、歐盟、法新社、Euractiv
Original
國泰投信 recalculates NAVs for 8 funds; 金管會 scrutinizes internal controls, with fines of up to NT$3 million Published 2026-06-18 21:14 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
The full-discretionary management division has already disclosed compensation payments and losses totaling NT$454 million in its financial statements Maximum fine of NT$3 million Fines of NT$600,000 to NT$3 million may be imposed Companies mentioned：國泰投信、世芯-KY
Original
Czech nuclear protection center head dismissed over alleged training of Chinese military, raising national security concerns Published 2026-06-18 21:01 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
China paid nearly 800,000 koruna About NT$1.2 million Companies mentioned：捷克國家核子、化學與生物防護研究所、Deník N
Original
2 board members advocate rate hike; 楊金龍 says central bank is watching inflation and monetary policy remains hawkish Published 2026-06-18 21:01 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Interest rates frozen for 9 consecutive meetings Annual consumer price inflation (CPI) below 2%, at 1.91% Taiwan's economic growth rate has exceeded 8% for two consecutive years Companies mentioned：中央銀行
Original
CPBL draft draws record 200 players; no players with overseas experience Published 2026-06-18 20:57 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
This year's 200 registered players set a new record This year, 77 players are entering the draft as graduating high school students By position, there are 83 pitchers 25 shortstops He stands 193 centimeters tall and has a fastball reaching 153 kilometers per hour Companies mentioned：富邦悍將隊、東北樂天金鷲隊
Original
Ministry of Economic Affairs power supply and demand report shifts renewable energy targets to installed capacity Published 2026-06-18 20:56 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Solar photovoltaic installed capacity was 15.47 GW in 114 Expected to increase to 31.2GW by year 119 To reach 35.02GW in year 124 Offshore wind power installed capacity was 3.59GW in year 114 Expected to increase to 10.97GW by year 119 To reach 18.41GW in year 124 Cumulative new gas-fired power capacity from 115 to 124 is expected to total about 26GW Companies mentioned：經濟部、能源署、台電、中油、民營電廠（IPP）
Original
Legislator questions 980,000 spent on office renovations; Lai Hsiu-ju: Renovations were done with budget savings Published 2026-06-18 20:51 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
Spent 980,000 on office renovations An office of about 10 tsubo The total cost is expected to come to about 1 million Companies mentioned：國民黨、陸委會、策進會
Original
New drama adapted from a work by 伊藤潤二; Gigi Leung and Chen Yan-fei deliver a mother-daughter acting showdown Published 2026-06-18 20:51 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
Summary not yet available
Facts
All 10 episodes of “Smart Town” will premiere exclusively on Netflix Taiwan on July 28. Companies mentioned：伊藤潤二、Netflix
Original
Japan | PR TIMES（17）
OrcaRouter adds support for Anthropic’s “Claude Code” — directly access more than 200 LLMs for agentic coding, with 0% token markup and 4 environment variables Published 2026-06-18 23:20 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Cuts AI coding costs by about 40% Token markup fee: 0% Team plan: $499/month Companies mentioned：FlashLabs株式会社、Continuum AI、Anthropic、OpenAI、Google、DeepSeek、Alibaba、Moonshot、Meta、Mistral
Original
RAISE A SUILEN LIVE 2026 “Boot IGNITION” Tokyo show: Event report Published 2026-06-18 23:10 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Price: ¥5,500 (tax included) 3-day pass: 23,100 yen (tax included) Premium seat (with special merchandise): 23,100 yen (tax included) Reserved seat (with special merchandise): 16,500 yen (tax included) Reserved seat: 11,000 yen (tax included) Limited production edition with Blu-ray: 9,900 yen (tax included) Standard edition: 1,540 yen (tax included) Companies mentioned：株式会社ブシロード、株式会社ブシロードミュージック、Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas、RAISE A SUILEN、Ave Mujica、夢限大みゅーたいぷ、Poppin'Party、BanG Dream!
Original
Bandai announces new TCG “NARUTO Card Game”; worldwide simultaneous release set for 2027 Published 2026-06-18 23:00 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Worldwide simultaneous release in 2027 Available in more than 50 regions worldwide cumulative print run of the collected volumes has surpassed 250 million copies Available in more than 145 countries and regions worldwide Companies mentioned：株式会社バンダイ、BANDAI CARD GAMES、週刊少年ジャンプ、集英社、テレビ東京、ぴえろ
Original
The first-ever “Global Citizen Live: Tokyo” in Japan marks a historic milestone and comes to a close, with stunning performances by YOSHIKI, &TEAM, AI and 千葉 雄喜! Published 2026-06-18 22:52 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
A global initiative aiming to raise 16 billion yen Exceeding $50 billion (about 8 trillion yen) Affecting the lives of as many as 1.3 billion people Companies mentioned：Global Citizen、FIFA Global Citizen教育基金、UBUNTU FSプロモーション、SDGs・プロミス・ジャパン、メットライフ生命
Original
Implementation of the “Request Concerning Measures to Address the Declining Birthrate” Published 2026-06-18 22:36 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Companies mentioned：東京都、内閣府特命担当大臣（こども政策、少子化対策）、内閣府特命担当大臣（経済財政政策）、全世代型社会保障改革担当大臣
Original
OrcaRouter adds support for GitHub “Copilot CLI” — directly access more than 200 LLMs through the world’s most widely used AI coding assistant, with 0% token markup and 4 lines of configuration Published 2026-06-18 22:20 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Cuts AI coding costs by about 40% Token markup fee: 0% Team plan: $499/month Companies mentioned：FlashLabs株式会社、Continuum AI、GitHub、Anthropic、Google、DeepSeek、OpenAI、Alibaba、Moonshot、Meta、Mistral
Original
“Genshin Impact” Version “Luna Ⅷ” launches on Wednesday, July 1! The long-awaited Sandrone joins as a new playable character! Published 2026-06-18 22:11 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Companies mentioned：HoYoverse、株式会社COGNOSPHERE、PlayStation、Xbox、Nintendo Switch
Original
Original ブロスタ、アディダスとのコラボイベント「adidasスターカップ」を6月18日より開催 期間限定モード「スーパーボール」が登場 Published 2026-06-18 22:00 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Starting Thursday, June 18 Available for a limited time from June 18 to July 2 Revenue reached 24.8 billion euros in fiscal 2025 Companies mentioned：Supercell、アディダス、アディダス オリジナルス、FIFA
Original
OrcaRouter adds support for open-source AI coding agent “Kilo Code” — directly access more than 200 LLMs from VS Code, JetBrains and CLI, with 0% token markup Published 2026-06-18 21:50 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
More than 200 LLMs Cuts AI coding costs by about 40% Team plan: $499/month Companies mentioned：FlashLabs株式会社、Continuum AI、Kilo Code、Anthropic、Google、DeepSeek、OpenAI、Alibaba、Moonshot、Meta、Mistral
Original
Notice of extension of Sato Kaihiro’s loan Published 2026-06-18 21:40 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
2026/27 season 177 centimeters 72 kilograms Companies mentioned：アルビレックス新潟、鹿島アントラーズ
Original
BMSG announces that its large-scale festival “BMSG FES'26” will be held for the 5th consecutive year, marking its 5th edition. The 3-day event will take place in October once again in Odaiba, where last year it drew an ecstatic crowd of 80,000. The announcement was made at the final show of SKY-HI’s tour at Nippon Budokan. Published 2026-06-18 21:30 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Companies mentioned：株式会社BMSG、SKY-HI
Original
Notice of Yu Funahashi’s loan move to 水戸ホーリーホック Published 2026-06-18 21:30 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
He will be unable to play in any official matches against 鹿島アントラーズ during the 2026/27 season. Companies mentioned：鹿島アントラーズ、水戸ホーリーホック
Original
Notice of Shuhei Mizoguchi’s loan move to 東京ヴェルディ Published 2026-06-18 21:30 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Companies mentioned：鹿島アントラーズ、東京ヴェルディ
Original
Notice of Haruto Matsumoto’s development loan move to カターレ富山 Published 2026-06-18 21:30 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
He will be unable to play in any official matches against 鹿島アントラーズ during the 2026/27 season. Companies mentioned：鹿島アントラーズ、カターレ富山
Original
OrcaRouter adds support for open-source coding agent “OpenCode” — directly access more than 200 LLMs from the terminal, with 0% token markup and a 3-step setup Published 2026-06-18 21:20 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
More than 200 LLMs Cuts AI coding costs by about 40% Token markup fee: 0% Team plan: $499/month 1 endpoint, 1 API key Companies mentioned：FlashLabs株式会社、Continuum AI、OpenCode、Anthropic、Google、DeepSeek、OpenAI、Gemini、MiniMax、Z.AI、Alibaba、Moonshot、Meta、Mistral
Original
UE5 visuals discussed at Unreal Fest Chicago 2026 — the “Code Name: 神不言” depiction of “romance you can almost touch” Published 2026-06-18 21:00 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
Companies mentioned：ARCHOSAUR GAMES、Archosaur Games
Original
Original AOKIの疲労回復ウェア「リカバリーケアプラス®ルームウェア」から暑くなるこれからの季節に最適なディズニーデザインの半袖・半ズボンのメッシュタイプが新登場！ Published 2026-06-18 20:50 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
Summary not yet available
Facts
3 types in total Medical device manufacturing and marketing notification number: 13B1X10360000086 Companies mentioned：株式会社AOKI、ファーストメディカル株式会社、ディズニー
Original