# AI News 180m Report｜2026-08-12 00:00–03:00 JST

One place for news and notices from 2 countries/regions: Taiwan, 42 items from 4 sources; Japan, 14 items from 1 source.One edition every 180 minutes: every item from every source received in the period, with the original link.

## Haven’t even reached 2% and already want to change the benchmark? Warsh’s policy framework could come at the cost of Fed credibility

- Published: 2026-08-12T02:00:05+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571316
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699301-en.html
- anchor: #n1904978
- Companies mentioned: 美國聯準會、Fed、彭博、PCE

Facts:
- PCE up 2% year over year
- After January next year

## 黃仁勳說到做到！輝達不到三周端出開源AI模型

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:30:03+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6572007
- anchor: #n1904979
- Companies mentioned: 輝達、OpenAI、Anthropic、月之暗面、微軟、CrowdStrike、CodeRabbit、Harvey、Hugging Face

Facts:
- 不到三周後，輝達便正式推出 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

## 財報季亮眼爆發！富國銀行：標普500獲利上修潮史上最強 點名三大類股浮現買點

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:00:07+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6570008
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699246-en.html
- anchor: #n1900945
- Companies mentioned: 富國銀行、標普500、華爾街、科技七巨頭、Ohsung Kwon

Facts:
- 80% of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings
- 標普 500 企業 EPS 平均超越華爾街預期 8%
- Earnings are forecast to rise about 30% from the same period last year
- Non-tech companies’ earnings beat expectations by about 10%
- S&P 500 earnings estimates for the second half of 2026 have been raised by 0.8%
- Analysts typically cut estimates by 1.2% as earnings season reaches its current stage
- 2027 earnings estimates have been raised by 1.6% so far
- 54% of EPS forecasts are above the market consensus
- New home construction increased by 50%
- Home prices rose 14%
- Employment increased by 3.7%

## AI狂潮強彈！上櫃公司7月營收3576億暴增43% 金融、營造及光電「倒退嚕」

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:48:24+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6572003
- anchor: #n1900946
- Companies mentioned: 上櫃公司、櫃買中心

Facts:
- 單月營收總計 3576 億元
- Up sharply by 43% from the same period in year 114
- 半導體業 7 月營收達 1029 億元
- Up 102% year over year
- 電子通路業營收 189 億元
- Up 166% year over year
- 電腦及週邊設備業營收 383 億元
- Up 73% year over year
- 累計營收已達 2 兆 2101 億元
- 較 114 年同期成長 4806 億元
- Cumulative year-over-year growth reached 28%

## 輝達5000億美元AI融資推升風險 木頭姐卻加碼12萬股

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:48:03+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571949
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699250-en.html
- anchor: #n1900947
- Companies mentioned: 輝達、方舟投資、OpenAI、Wedbush、伍德

Facts:
- 高達 5,000 億美元融資
- 合計買進 122,422 股輝達股票
- Investment opportunities of up to 25%
- 最高 2,500 億美元擔保

## 光群雷決議明起進場股價25元以下買5000張庫藏股護盤

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:33:20+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571929
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699245-en.html
- anchor: #n1900948
- Companies mentioned: 光群雷

Facts:
- Below 25 yuan per share
- Buy 5,000 lots of treasury shares
- Equivalent to 2.61% of share capital
- A range of 12.25 yuan to 25 yuan per share
- 營收 26.7 億元
- 稅後純益 1.13 億元
- EPS of 0.64 yuan
- The stock closed at 17.25 yuan per share today

## 淘寶「陸機」化整為零？跨部會突襲新北稽查 違法輸入中國重機下場曝光

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:31:38+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571822
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699249-en.html
- anchor: #n1900949
- Companies mentioned: 淘寶、陸機

Facts:
- Suspend imports of goods for 2 months or more, up to 1 year

## Jingmei’s first-half EPS was 2.56 yuan, topping its full-year 2025 figure

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:29:46+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571810
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699247-en.html
- anchor: #n1900950
- Companies mentioned: 景美科技

Facts:
- First-half after-tax earnings per share of 2.56 yuan
- 上半年稅後淨利 0.59 億元
- Up 163% year over year
- 上半年營收 3.9 億元
- Up 78.71% year over year
- 營業利益 0.81 億元
- Up 97.48% year over year
- Operating margin of 20.8%
- Up 2 percentage points year over year
- After-tax net profit margin of 15%
- Up 4.8 percentage points year over year
- First-half gross margin of 39.7%
- 38.4% for full-year 2025
- 1.53 yuan for full-year 2025
- 1.80 yuan for full-year 2024

## 萬泰科Q2獲利翻倍 總經理張程雅轉任執行長、謝明遠接新總座

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:28:06+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571809
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699251-en.html
- anchor: #n1900951
- Companies mentioned: 萬泰科

Facts:
- 稅後純益 1.69 億元
- Up 113% quarter over quarter
- Up 160% year over year
- EPS of 0.92 yuan
- 上半年稅後純益 2.49 億元
- Up 37.13% year over year
- EPS of 1.35 yuan
- 第二季營收 29.79 億元
- Up 19.57% quarter over quarter
- Up 32.84% year over year
- Gross margin of 15.27%
- Up 0.06 percentage points quarter over quarter
- Down 3.56 percentage points year over year
- 營業利益 2.17 億元
- Up 58.69% quarter over quarter
- Up 15.41% year over year

## MAG7 earnings may cool! U.S. economy posts 26 straight green lights; institutions see a changing of the guard among the leaders of 5 major themes

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:26:53+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571808
- anchor: #n1900952
- Companies mentioned: 富蘭克林坦伯頓基金集團、凱利投資、史坦普 500

Facts:
- The overall July economic indicator has remained at the green light, signaling stable economic conditions, for 26 consecutive months
- 等權重史坦普 500 指數在 2026 年 1 至 7 月表現領先市值加權指數 3.1 個百分點
- The Magnificent Seven are expected to post earnings growth of about 4.9% over the next 12 months
- Compared with 16.6% for the other 493 S&P stocks

## A powerful dual engine with a Taiwanese flavor! Nomura Taiwan-Japan Select Fund opens for subscriptions on 8/31, loading up on high-priced stocks to seize AI opportunities

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:24:48+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571780
- anchor: #n1900953
- Companies mentioned: 野村投信、川湖、三菱日聯、日本電報

Facts:
- 野村投信在台股的研究團隊平均年資超過 20 年
- An influencer shared a 10% gain in just 7 days
- Holding core Taiwan stocks selected by Nomura would have yielded swing-trading gains of up to 26% over the same period
- Average yield as high as 5.7%
- A duration of only about 4 to 5 years
- Equity allocation can rise to 70%
- Taiwan stocks: 50%
- Japanese stocks: 20%

## Fed whisperer: Talk alone can’t bring inflation under control! Two inflation reports could force Warsh to raise rates in September

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:31+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571922
- anchor: #n1900469
- Companies mentioned: 美國聯準會、華爾街日報、法國巴黎銀行、Pimco

Facts:
- Core CPI is expected to rise 0.2% month over month in July
- The core PCE inflation rate had reached 3.3% year over year in June
- 2.8% a year ago
- The 19 officials who participated in the July policy meeting
- 10 spoke publicly after the meeting
- 12 voting officials
- At least six voting members said
- Three of them voted against it last month

## China-made AI chips could capture nearly 90% of the domestic market this year

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:39:09+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571974
- anchor: #n1900470
- Companies mentioned: TrendForce、輝達、AMD、華為、寒武紀、阿里巴巴、百度、騰訊、字節跳動

Facts:
- China-made solutions are expected to capture nearly 90% of the market
- The market left for overseas solutions such as 輝達 (NVDA-US) and AMD (AMD-US) could shrink to around one-tenth
- 輝達's share of China's AI semiconductor market could fall from around 40% in 2025
- 輝達's share of China's AI semiconductor market could fall from around 40% in 2025 to around 8% in 2026
- 華為 could exceed 50%
- Last December, the organization forecast that domestic AI chips would capture around 50% of China's high-end market in 2026
- Imported products such as 輝達 and AMD are projected to account for around 30%
- 全國智慧算力規模達到 159 萬 PFLOPS
- 進一步增至 188 萬 PFLOPS
- Capital spending by the four major cloud service providers is set to grow by more than 80%

## Credit card tax payments lend a hand! June spending hits a record NT$788.7 billion as non-cash payments top NT$5 trillion in the first half

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:32:29+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571969
- anchor: #n1900471
- Companies mentioned: 玉山銀行、中國信託、國泰世華、台新銀行、台北富邦銀行、星展銀行、台塑

Facts:
- 單月信用卡簽帳金額高達 7,887 億元
- 今年繳稅金額約 2700 億元
- 玉山銀行單月刷卡量飆出 1,609 億元
- 32 家發卡機構信用卡整體流通卡數約 5,981 萬張
- 有效卡數約 4,011 萬張
- 單月代理收付實質交易金額降至 296.5 億元
- 交易筆數達 46.04 億筆
- 交易金額為 5.15 兆元

## Ignoring warnings and forcing its way through the blockade! 美軍 helicopter opens fire on cargo ship

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:30:02+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571973
- anchor: #n1900472
- Companies mentioned: 美軍、巴拿馬籍貨輪、華爾街日報、Vanguard、Vela Nova、印度官員、伊朗、葉門青年運動、沙國、坦尚尼亞籍貨輪、美軍中央司令部

Facts:
- 美軍 on Tuesday (the 11th)
- The 17 crew members aboard the ship
- About 71 nautical miles off the coast of Pakistan
- A 美軍 blockade operation in June killed three Indian crew members
- At least two crew members died
- The death toll was four
- An attack launched with three ballistic missiles
- It has forced 55 commercial vessels to change course

## SK海力士 plans to increase NAND capacity at its China plant by 50%

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:17:56+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6571967
- anchor: #n1900473
- Companies mentioned: SK海力士、Solidigm、英特爾

Facts:
- It plans to expand local NAND flash memory capacity by about 50%
- 新產線月投片產能預計約為 5 萬片晶圓
- 疊加現有大連一廠每月 10 萬片產能

## 丁禹兮 and 陳哲遠 both miss out! The 10 male leads in Chinese dramas best at conveying romance with their eyes: the champion's gaze is legendary, and one glance back is enough to make viewers fall for him

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:30:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/lifestyle/11155733
- anchor: #n1905074
- Companies mentioned: 丁禹兮、陳哲遠、陳曉、許凱、楊洋、龔俊、王鶴棣、檀健次、李現、任嘉倫

## Air defense drills become a “public nuisance test”? Slower internet in central Taiwan draws public complaints, with 馬文君 blasting the move: “This is not resilience”

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:11:03+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155755
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699305-en.html
- anchor: #n1905075
- Companies mentioned: LINE、NCC

Facts:
- A half-hour drill

## 張若昀 and 曾舜晞 aren't No. 1! The champion among the 10 most dashing, chivalrous male stars in Chinese dramas: he brings three different lives to life in one role, and is too good to miss

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/lifestyle/11155731
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699266-en.html
- anchor: #n1901039
- Companies mentioned: 《蓮花樓》、《七夜雪》、《九門》、《雪中悍刀行》、《暗河傳》、《少年歌行》、《少年白馬醉春風》、《且試天下》、成毅、曾舜晞、陳偉霆、張若昀、龔俊、侯明昊、李宏毅、劉宇寧、劉學義、楊洋

Facts:
- The 10 most dashing, chivalrous male stars in Chinese dramas
- Champion

## 台積電 board approves Sony Kumamoto joint venture! Both parties will invest 747 billion yen, with AVSMC aiming to begin mass production of next-generation smartphone image sensors in 2029

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:20:58+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155746
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699269-en.html
- anchor: #n1901040
- Companies mentioned: Sony、台積電、Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation、AVSMC

Facts:
- Equivalent to around NT$151.5 billion
- Sony will invest 465 billion yen
- Around NT$94.3 billion
- 台積電 will invest 282 billion yen in cash
- Equivalent to around NT$57.2 billion
- Mass production is expected to begin in 2029.

## ESG and sustainability impact awards announced, bringing together Taiwan's sustainability leaders to showcase their far-reaching impact

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:19:35+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155753
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699271-en.html
- anchor: #n1901041
- Companies mentioned: 卓越媒體集團、亞力電機、台境企業、登瑞集團、昇捷建設、展群營造、欣桃天然氣、聯寶電子、安倉營造、熙特爾新能源、龍岡數位文化、科見美語、松山慈惠堂、澎湖縣政府衛生局、中華民國唐氏症基金會、中華軌道車輛工業發展協會

## 台積電董事會》Q2每股賺27.25元、配息7元！外資首度可選美元領息，核准294.4億美元資本預算

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:16:40+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155745
- anchor: #n1901042
- Companies mentioned: 台積電、Sony半導體解決方案公司

Facts:
- Earnings per share of NT$27.25
- Cash dividend of NT$7 per share
- Approved a US$29.4425 billion capital budget
- Equivalent to around NT$950.1 billion
- A limit of no more than 282 billion yen

## AI links Taiwan and Thailand in communications and education: 義守大學 visits Thailand to deepen international research cooperation

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:13:36+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155752
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699267-en.html
- anchor: #n1901043
- Companies mentioned: 義守大學、斯巴頓大學、Sripatum University、SPU、School of Digital Media、School of Communication Arts

Facts:
- A 15-day teacher research exchange
- The exchange took place from July 20 to August 3

## Building semiconductor talent from the ground up! 台灣應材's “Miao Dong Project” teams up with 新竹家扶 and LIS to bring science education into the community

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:12:09+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155751
- anchor: #n1901044
- Companies mentioned: 台灣應材、Applied Materials、AMAT、新竹家扶、LIS、國立臺灣科學教育館、TFT為台灣而教

Facts:
- Reached more than 1,500 students, parents and educators
- The series of digital learning resources has also drawn nearly 90,000 views
- 應材 has been rooted in Taiwan for 36 years
- 台灣應材 has supported public-interest STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education for more than a decade

## Women account for a record 50.9% of startups in Kaohsiung! Startup grants help entrepreneurs pursue their dreams as “Bestshe花藝” showcases women's entrepreneurial spirit for Qixi Festival

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:11:15+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155750
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699270-en.html
- anchor: #n1901045
- Companies mentioned: Bestshe花藝、高雄市政府青年局

Facts:
- 女性負責人占比首度突破五成，達50.9%
- Up from 37.9% in 112
- It rose to 43% in 113
- And 46% in 114

## A charmed mayor? No one criticizes him for constantly traveling abroad? 黃偉哲 made 50 overseas trips in four years, averaging more than 1 per month

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:08:32+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155749
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699272-en.html
- anchor: #n1901046
- Companies mentioned: 徐佳青、楊文科、黃偉哲、盧秀燕、蔣萬安

Facts:
- A total of 47 overseas trips
- A total of 526 days
- Public funds totaling NT$23.83 million were spent
- 17 overseas trips
- A total of 139 days
- A total of 50 overseas trips
- Nearly 200 days away from Taiwan
- Visited 11 countries

## 饗賓 teams up with 33 companies to promote a “new handwashing routine,” aiming to reach schools across Taiwan in three years! Chairman 陳毅航 on food safety: The government should ensure source-level oversight

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:06:56+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155748
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699273-en.html
- anchor: #n1901047
- Companies mentioned: 饗賓集團、饗賓文教基金會、大成、耐斯、豆府餐飲、春水堂、遠東百貨、雲豹能源、三創數位、樂天女孩、Leyi D、廖威力、夏沐、廉世彬、河智媛、禹洙漢、耐斯集團

Facts:
- Hopes to bring the program to kindergartens and elementary schools across Taiwan within three years
- From 2021 to 2026, 饗賓's customer visits grew by ten million
- About 15% to 20% cheaper than 大成 soybean salad oil
- 耐斯集團 donates 10,000 bottles of antibacterial hand soap

## Which Taiwan stocks could surge in the next wave? Veteran analyst names “these 2 types” of picks that could hit new highs

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:06:45+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155747
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699274-en.html
- anchor: #n1901048
- Companies mentioned: 台積電、聯發科、緯創、緯穎、南亞科、ABF、台塑化、台化、聯電、國巨

Facts:
- Taiwan stocks rose 191.96 points on the 11th
- Closing at 45,120.72 points
- Net purchases totaled NT$28.178 billion on the 11th
- Plastics and chemicals up 97% from January to July
- 川湖, with 2028 EPS above NT$500
- 股價拉到1萬7
- 南亞科 was NT$2 short of its record high of NT$505.
- Share price was NT$503 on the 10th.
- 台塑化: NT$7.
- 台化 is also up more than NT$3.
- 南亞科 is even more alarming, now at around NT$15.
- 聯電, whose investors are stuck with short-term losses, is now also at around NT$7.
- The broader market fell more than 8,000 points.

## Chinese forces select waters off eastern Taiwan for exercises! 陸委會: They are exercises in name only and expansion in reality, a brazen violation of our sovereignty.

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:50:14+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155742
- anchor: #n1900552
- Companies mentioned: 中國國防部、陸委會、大陸委員會、中共、北京當局

Facts:
- The navy will join the Indonesian Navy in mid-August.

## 民眾黨 heatedly debates caning; Hsu Chung-hsin cites 新加坡 in opposition: It has more sexual assault cases than Taiwan, while fraud is just as bad.

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:49:44+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155732
- anchor: #n1900553
- Companies mentioned: 民眾黨、國民黨、新加坡

Facts:
- 8 lawmakers deliberate.
- 支持度高於8成

## Could these stocks struggle to rebound? Ruan Mu-hua analyzes the “active ETF hit list”: This stock saw the most selling, with 4,500 lots of 聯電 dumped.

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:29:06+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155735
- anchor: #n1900554
- Companies mentioned: 台積電、川湖、金像電、穎崴、漢唐、頎邦、華碩、萬潤、聯電

Facts:
- Nearly 40 billion was added to holdings last week.
- The largest estimated net sell-off was valued at NT$3.67 billion.
- The number of lots dumped reached 3,700.
- 穎崴 was trimmed by 300 lots.
- 漢唐: 728 lots.
- 頎邦: 4,400 lots.
- 華碩: 751 lots.
- 萬潤: 475 lots.
- 聯電 was cut by as many as 4,568 lots.
- Although it rose NT$7 on Monday.

## Shen Po-yang plans to let people “shower” in MRT stations; Kuo Cheng-liang points out his fatal flaw: How can anyone be this lazy?

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:24:38+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11155734
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699209-en.html
- anchor: #n1900555
- Companies mentioned: 民進黨、TPASS

Facts:
- He was overtaken despite leading by “40 percentage points.”

## In response to the major earthquake disaster that struck Colombia this month, an emergency donation for disaster recovery was made through 国連 agencies using the personal funds of Tomonori Tomura, a former 国連 specialist and chairperson of 日本マネジメント総合研究所合同会社

- Published: 2026-08-12T02:10:02+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000679.000025058.html
- anchor: #n1905206
- Companies mentioned: 日本マネジメント総合研究所合同会社、国連、UN Crisis Relief

Facts:
- Conducted on 2026 (Reiwa 8), August 11

## 【Okayama University】Discovery that “invisible water flows” within plates control deep-focus earthquakes and major plate deformation

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:35:23+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000004164.000072793.html
- anchor: #n1901452
- Companies mentioned: 国立大学法人岡山大学、北京大学、北京高圧科学研究中心、Nature Communications

Facts:
- Deep-focus earthquakes occurring in the deepest part of the Earth (about 700 km)
- The phenomenon of a plate stalling at around 660 km

## 【Okayama University】A new option for treating cancerous peritonitis: Intraperitoneal chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer covered by health insurance

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:11:10+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000004163.000072793.html
- anchor: #n1901165
- Companies mentioned: 国立大学法人岡山大学、ヴィアトリス・ヘルスケア合同会社、日本化薬株式会社

Facts:
- Reduces the risk of recurrence by about 17%
- Carboplatin has been administered intraperitoneally to 4 patients to date

## 【Okayama University】Analysis of infection trends and the medical care system in 岡山県 (as of July 13, 2026)

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:50:37+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000004162.000072793.html
- anchor: #n1901005
- Companies mentioned: 国立大学法人岡山大学、岡山県、WHO、武田、モデルナ社、デンタルダイヤモンド社

Facts:
- The number of reports per sentinel site for COVID-19 has increased to 0.82.

## 【Okayama University】“There are hills, gravel and uneven ground. That’s why it’s worth running.” Okayama University opens a test site for autonomous delivery robots in 吉備中央町, providing integrated support for mapping, permits, storage and accommodation

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:22:58+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000004161.000072793.html
- anchor: #n1900748
- Companies mentioned: 国立大学法人岡山大学、吉備中央町、文部科学省、JSPS

Facts:
- 2026 (Reiwa 8)
- Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026
- Friday, Nov. 20

## Eyelash perm salon “ケイトステージラッシュ池袋店” surpasses 150 Hot Pepper Beauty reviews, and is close to reaching 100 on Googleマップ (98 reviews)

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:16:29+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000193.000161189.html
- anchor: #n1900749
- Companies mentioned: ケイトステージラッシュ池袋店、店舗情報サービス株式会社、Hot Pepper Beauty、Googleマップ

Facts:
- 184 Hot Pepper Beauty reviews as of August 2026
- Salon average: ★4.84
- Googleマップ also has 98 reviews
- ★4.9

## Eyelash perm salon “ケイトステージラッシュ松本店” surpasses 200 Hot Pepper Beauty reviews; Googleマップ rating is ★5.0 (perfect score)

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:15:27+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000196.000161189.html
- anchor: #n1900750
- Companies mentioned: ケイトステージラッシュ松本店、店舗情報サービス株式会社、Hot Pepper Beauty、Googleマップ

Facts:
- 210 Hot Pepper Beauty reviews
- Salon average: ★4.80
- Googleマップ also has 66 reviews
- Review rating: ★5.0 (perfect score)

## Eyelash perm salon “ケイトステージラッシュ一宮店” is close to surpassing 100 Hot Pepper Beauty reviews, with 91 as of August 2026 (salon average: ★4.75)

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:14:23+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000192.000161189.html
- anchor: #n1900659
- Companies mentioned: ケイトステージラッシュ一宮店、店舗情報サービス株式会社

Facts:
- 91 Hot Pepper Beauty reviews as of August 2026
- Salon average: ★4.75
- Googleマップ also has 10 reviews
- Googleマップ also has 10 reviews (★4.8)

## Eyelash perm salon “ケイトステージラッシュ四日市店” surpasses 100 Hot Pepper Beauty reviews, with 127 as of August 2026 (salon average: ★4.87)

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:13:20+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000197.000161189.html
- anchor: #n1900660
- Companies mentioned: ケイトステージラッシュ四日市店、店舗情報サービス株式会社、Hot Pepper Beauty、Googleマップ、近鉄、JR

Facts:
- 127 Hot Pepper Beauty reviews as of August 2026
- Salon average: ★4.87
- Also has 63 reviews on Googleマップ
- Googleマップ also has 63 reviews (★4.9)

## 京都フュージョニアリング to build UNITY-3, the world’s first facility to demonstrate breeding blankets, with オークリッジ国立研究所

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:02:08+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000056.000072520.html
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699223-en.html
- anchor: #n1900661
- Companies mentioned: 京都フュージョニアリング、オークリッジ国立研究所、米国エネルギー省、General Atomics、OpenStar Technologies、Realta Fusion、Thea Energy、Type One Energy、Xcimer Energy

Facts:
- More than $12 billion in private funding has been invested in the global fusion sector to date
- この1年間だけでも35億ドル以上が流入しています

## ASMR audio release “The Girl Next Door: An Overnight Stay at School, Just the Two of Us,” voice: 飯田ヒカル, on sale August 13!

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:02+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000026.000020837.html
- anchor: #n1900664
- Companies mentioned: 株式会社YOUDEAL、株式会社ラクーンドッグ、DLsite

Facts:
- Price: 1980 yen (tax included)
- To celebrate the release, “The Girl Next Door: An Overnight Stay at School, Just the Two of Us” will be sold at 20% off.

## 【TV anime airing to great acclaim】All episodes through the latest comic adaptation of “Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (Proud)!”—with over 700,000 volumes in the series—are available to read for free on the manga distribution site コロナEX!

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:02+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000182.000174060.html
- anchor: #n1900663
- Companies mentioned: 株式会社TOブックス、コロナEX、TOKYO MX、BSフジ、AT-X、dアニメストア、ABEMA

Facts:
- Series surpasses 70万 copies in cumulative sales
- ¥400 per month (tax included)

## ニューウェーヴからフリージャズ、そして「笑い」の融合まで。ジャズ・サックス奏者・坂田明のジャンルを凌駕した８０年代初期の９タイトルを一挙デジタル配信！

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:02+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000005049.000019470.html
- anchor: #n1900662
- Companies mentioned: 日本コロムビア、Wha-ha-ha、Sakata Orchestra、Sakata Sextet

Facts:
- 9 titles
- From 1980
- Between 1982
- Aug. 12, 2026

## 【Okayama University】岡山史料ネット donates historical documents rescued after torrential rains in western Japan to Okayama City

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:50:49+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000004160.000072793.html
- anchor: #n1900529
- Companies mentioned: 国立大学法人岡山大学、岡山史料ネット、岡山市立中央図書館、岡山県立記録資料館、日本学術振興会（JSPS）

Facts:
- 278 documents from the Muto family archives
- The Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05
- 2026 (Reiwa 8)
- Okayama University Research Institute for the Dynamics of Civilizations, fiscal 2025

## Nvidia reportedly developing Nemotron 4 to challenge the world’s top open-source models.

- Published: 2026-08-12T02:35:42+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ait/202608120003.aspx
- anchor: #n1905387
- Companies mentioned: Nvidia、Anthropic、OpenAI、Microsoft

Nvidia is developing a family of AI models called “Nemotron 4” with 1 trillion parameters, aiming to compete with leading open-source models. It is also launching “Nemotron 3.5 Lightning” for multitasking and “NeMo Switchyard,” a model-routing library.

Facts:
- Nvidia is developing a new AI model family, Nemotron 4.
- The largest Nemotron 4 model is expected to have at least 1 trillion parameters.
- Nvidia unveils Nemotron 3.5 Lightning.
- NeMo Switchyard is an open-source model-routing library.

## Mount Etna erupts in Sicily; some flights in Malta disrupted.

- Published: 2026-08-12T02:35:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202608120004.aspx
- anchor: #n1905386
- Companies mentioned: 中央社、路透社、馬爾他國際機場、卡塔尼亞機場

Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily erupted again recently. An ash cloud affected airspace over Malta, prompting 馬爾他國際機場 to cancel 19 flights and delay others; 卡塔尼亞機場 was also closed for several days, with flights today postponed until 11 a.m. on the 12th.

Facts:
- 19 flights.
- 220 kilometers.
- 11 a.m. on the 12th.

## Investors await inflation report as European stocks close mixed.

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:24:38+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/afe/202608120002.aspx
- anchor: #n1901345

European stock markets were mixed on the 11th ahead of an inflation report. Investors are watching developments in the Strait of Hormuz.

Facts:
- London’s FTSE 100 fell 18.31 points, or 0.17%, to close at 10,844.19.
- Frankfurt’s DAX rose 67.54 points, or 0.26%, to close at 26,391.42.
- Paris’s CAC 40 fell 11.09 points, or 0.13%, to close at 8,714.94.

## Chinese national accused of trying to smuggle U.S. military equipment faces up to 20 years in prison.

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:57:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202608110389.aspx
- anchor: #n1901195
- Companies mentioned: 美國企業、南華早報、美國之音、美國猶他州鹽湖城聯邦法院

Facts:
- Could face up to 20 years in prison.
- Chen Ding-wei is 29 years old.

## Taliban receive recognition only from Russia after 5 years back in power, but maintain diplomatic ties with many countries.

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:41:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202608110388.aspx
- anchor: #n1900875

The Taliban have received formal recognition only from Russia in their 5 years in power, but maintain diplomatic ties with many countries. Countries engage with the de facto authorities for reasons of realpolitik and economic interests.

Facts:
- The Taliban returned to power 5 years ago.
- Russia is currently the only country to formally recognize the Taliban government.
- The Taliban ban girls over 12 and women from receiving an education.
- A Taliban delegation traveled to Brussels in June this year to discuss the deportation of Afghans.
- The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Haqqani.

## Former Israeli intelligence chief: Israeli agents visited Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility multiple times.

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:19:26+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202608110387.aspx
- anchor: #n1900714

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen revealed that Israeli agents infiltrated Fordow multiple times to learn about Iran’s nuclear facilities. He also discussed U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and their connection to the assassination of scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Facts:
- Yossi Cohen, former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, revealed that Israeli agents visited the site multiple times to learn more about Iran’s nuclear facility at Fordow.
- Cohen led Mossad from 2015 to 2021.
- Israel launched a 12-day war against Iran last June.
- The U.S. military bombed 3 Iranian nuclear facilities, located in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.

## 西方嚴審簽證就業難 中國留學生歸國率達9成

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202608110386.aspx
- anchor: #n1900631
- Companies mentioned: 新東方

Tighter visa restrictions and higher employment barriers in Western countries have pushed the rate of Chinese students returning home to 94%. Rising costs and a shrinking salary premium for overseas graduates have led Chinese companies to turn to domestic graduates.

Facts:
- The rate of Chinese students returning home reached 94% in 2025.
- The average annual cost of overseas study for Chinese students in 2025 was 605,000 yuan.
- The gap between the average starting salaries of overseas graduates and domestic graduates has narrowed.

## Shu Qi’s “Girl” earns top recommendations from media and audiences in its opening week in France.

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:51:22+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202608110385.aspx
- anchor: #n1900464

Shu Qi’s directorial debut, “Girl,” received the highest audience and critic ratings upon its release in France. French media praised its nuanced storytelling and lauded the distinctive narrative perspective she brought to her transition from actor to director.

Facts:
- “Girl” topped media and audience rankings in its opening week on the French film website Allociné.
- Le Monde gave “Girl” a rating of 4/5.
- Libération gave “Girl” a rating of 4/5.
- Direct-actu.fr gave “Girl” a rating of 3.5/5.

## Confidentiality breach alleged in secretariat services procurement case; Taichung City Government says it respects the judicial investigation.

- Published: 2026-08-11T23:50:20+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aloc/202608110384.aspx
- anchor: #n1900465
- Companies mentioned: 台中市政府、台北市政府、台灣台中地方檢察署

The Taichung District Prosecutors Office is investigating a leak in a services procurement case handled by the Taichung City Government Secretariat 6 years ago. It questioned adviser Yen Nai-lun and former Taipei City Government spokesperson Lee Cheng-hsuan, who were released on bail. The city government said it respects the judicial investigation.

Facts:
- The Taichung District Prosecutors Office is investigating a United Nations simulation services procurement case handled by 台中市政府’s Secretariat in Republic of China year 109.
- Taichung City Government adviser Yen Nai-lun and former spokesperson for 台北市政府 Lee Cheng-hsuan have been named as defendants in the leak case.
- After questioning, prosecutors released Yen Nai-lun and Lee Cheng-hsuan on bail.

## Could young migraine patients have better recoveries after a stroke? An unexpected research finding.

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:01:38+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 照護線上
- Original: https://www.careonline.com.tw/2026/08/202608120000.html
- Article page: https://ainews.idaeo.ai/a/3699293-en.html
- anchor: #n1901270