# AI News 180m Report｜2026-08-13 03:00–06:00 JST｜Page 3 of 3

One place for news and notices from 2 countries/regions: Taiwan, 165 items from 10 sources; Japan, 54 items from 9 sources.One edition every 180 minutes: every item from every source received in the period, with the original link.

## Money stock (July)

- Published: 2026-08-12T08:50:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 日本銀行
- Original: https://www.boj.or.jp/statistics/money/ms/ms2607.pdf
- anchor: #n1933496
- Companies mentioned: 日本銀行

## 5th Meeting of the Study Group on Appropriate Management of Medical Radiation (minutes)

- Published: 2026-08-12T09:02:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 厚生労働省
- Original: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_75451.html
- anchor: #n1933368
- Companies mentioned: AP赤坂グリーンクロス、赤坂グリーンクロス

Facts:
- Minutes [340KB]

## Minutes of the 12th Food Sanitation Monitoring Subcommittee of the Council for Science and Technology

- Published: 2026-08-07T13:18:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 厚生労働省
- Original: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/shingi/2024giji_00017.html
- anchor: #n1933383

Facts:
- 12th
- Minutes [306KB]

## Extensions to deadlines for filing and paying labor insurance premiums and other obligations in areas severely affected by the "Reiwa 8 Kumamoto Earthquake"

- Published: 2026-08-05T18:22:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 厚生労働省
- Original: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_75332.html
- anchor: #n1933390
- Companies mentioned: 労働基準局労働保険徴収課、職業安定局障害者雇用対策課、独立行政法人高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構支部

Facts:
- August 2026
- Reiwa 8, August 12
- Reiwa 8, July 28

## 【Warehouse fire】【At 02:54 on the 12th, a warehouse fire on Bishan Road, Caotun Township, Nantou County, was extinguished; no casualties】

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 內政部消防署
- Original: https://www.nfa.gov.tw/cht/index.php?code=list&flag=detail&ids=22&article_id=21750
- anchor: #n1933539

Facts:
- Approximately 300 square meters

## 【Power bank fire】【At 08:29 on the 11th, a power bank caught fire at Taipei Main Station MRT in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City (Bannan Line, Platform 3). The train operator had extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher before firefighters arrived; 1 male passenger suffered burns to his left palm and was taken to hospital】

- Published: 2026-08-11T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 內政部消防署
- Original: https://www.nfa.gov.tw/cht/index.php?code=list&flag=detail&ids=22&article_id=21748
- anchor: #n1933541
- Companies mentioned: 行政院國土辦、交通部、運安會、消防署

Facts:
- 1 male passenger suffered burns to his left palm and was taken to hospital
- 1 power bank burned

## 【Firefighter injured】

- Published: 2026-08-11T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 內政部消防署
- Original: https://www.nfa.gov.tw/cht/index.php?code=list&flag=detail&ids=22&article_id=21749
- anchor: #n1933540
- Companies mentioned: 高雄市政府消防局、阮綜合

Facts:
- 19:01
- 20:52

## Threads post about “retired engineer stock tips” goes viral in investment scam

- Published: 2026-08-12T16:04:22+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心
- Original: https://tfc-taiwan.org.tw/fact-check-reports/threads-retired-engineer-stock-tip-investment-scam
- anchor: #n1933672
- Companies mentioned: 京沅鎢鈷、台積電、鴻海、力積電

Facts:
- Orders booked through 2029

## Online claim that “selling NT$2 million in shares requires an extra NT$230,000 in ‘ignorance tax’” is false; beware of investment scams

- Published: 2026-08-12T15:48:50+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心
- Original: https://tfc-taiwan.org.tw/fact-check-reports/stock-sale-ignorance-tax-fake-claim
- anchor: #n1933673
- Companies mentioned: 台北國稅局、台灣證券交易所、警政署

Facts:
- Shares worth NT$2 million sold
- An additional NT$230,000 in tax is due
- The securities transaction tax payable is NT$6000
- The securities transaction tax rate on stocks is 0.3%
- Dividend income is included in consolidated income tax, with a tax credit calculated at 8.5% of the dividend amount
- Dividend income is taxed separately at 28%
- Taxpayers in the higher income bracket, with a rate of 40% or more

## 關貿公司, which operates EZ WAY, is a privately run company with quasi-government ownership; its largest shareholder is 財政部

- Published: 2026-08-12T14:11:03+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心
- Original: https://tfc-taiwan.org.tw/fact-check-reports/trade-van-ez-way-mof-ownership
- anchor: #n1933674
- Companies mentioned: 關貿公司、財政部、關貿網路公司、台灣陸地投資、長榮航空、兆豐銀行、海峽交流基金會、中華文化總會、中石化、台鹽、台肥、合作金庫、交通銀行、陽明海運、中華電信、彰化銀行、第一銀行、臺灣人壽、臺灣中小企銀、關務署、行政院資通會

Facts:
- 財政部 is 關貿's largest single shareholder, with a stake of about 36.11%
- The largest shareholder of 兆豐銀行 is also 財政部, with a stake of about 8.2%
- The Government-Owned Enterprise Management Act defines a state-owned enterprise as one in which the government holds more than 50%

## 但馬どり「但馬の味どり等7商品」 - 返金／回収

- Published: 2026-08-10T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 消費者庁
- Original: https://www.recall.caa.go.jp/result/detail.php?rcl=00000035680&screenkbn=03
- anchor: #n1933161
- Companies mentioned: 但馬どり

Facts:
- 但馬の味どり等7商品
- Response start date: August 10, 2026

## スターデザイン "Cosmetics: Torriden DIC Water S" — Recall

- Published: 2026-06-24T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 消費者庁
- Original: https://www.recall.caa.go.jp/result/detail.php?rcl=00000035679&screenkbn=03
- anchor: #n1933160
- Companies mentioned: スターデザイン

Facts:
- Response start date: June 24, 2026

## Damage caused by the Reiwa 8 Kumamoto Earthquake and response by fire departments and other agencies (Report 50; updated R8.8.12)

- Published: 2026-07-28T16:27:55+09:00
- Source: Japan | 消防庁
- Original: https://www.fdma.go.jp/disaster/info/items/20260728kumamotojishin50.pdf
- anchor: #n1933471
- Companies mentioned: 消防庁、気象庁、熊本県、福岡県、大分県、鹿児島県、佐賀県、長崎県、岡山県、広島県、山口県、宮崎県

Facts:
- Deaths
- Injured
- Damage to homes
- Evacuation order

## Earthquake with its epicenter in southern Tokachi (Report 6) (updated R8.5.7)

- Published: 2026-04-27T06:42:12+09:00
- Source: Japan | 消防庁
- Original: https://www.fdma.go.jp/disaster/info/items/20260427tokatijishin6.pdf
- anchor: #n1590853
- Companies mentioned: 北海道、浦幌町、消防庁

Facts:
- Deaths
- Seismic intensity

## Japanese brand ≠ Japanese-made; businesses should take care when placing advertisements!

- Published: 2026-08-12T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 公平交易委員會
- Original: https://www.ftc.gov.tw/internet/main/doc/docDetail.aspx?uid=126&docid=18481
- anchor: #n1933065
- Companies mentioned: 自然連結有限公司、蝦皮購物網站、snow peak

Facts:
- A fine of NT$50,000

## IDWR preliminary data, 2026 Week 31

- Published: 2026-08-12T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 国立健康危機管理研究機構
- Original: https://id-info.jihs.go.jp/surveillance/idwr/provisional/2026/31/index.html
- anchor: #n1933603

Facts:
- Week 31
- Tuesday, August 18

## 合水先進 (7857): Announcement of matters related to the ex-rights record date for the issuance of new shares through the capitalization of earnings and capital reserves

- Published: 2026-08-13T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 公開資訊觀測站
- Official text: https://mopsov.twse.com.tw/mops/web/ajax_t05st01?encodeURIComponent=1&step=2&firstin=1&off=1&queryName=co_id&inpuType=co_id&TYPEK=rotc&co_id=7857&year=115&month=8&b_date=1&e_date=31&seq_no=2&spoke_time=20047&spoke_date=20260813
- anchor: #n1933175
- Companies mentioned: 合水先進

## Hsu Chao-an, associate research fellow at 近代史研究所, wins the 2026 first book prize from 國際教育史常設會議

- Published: 2026-08-04T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央研究院
- Original: https://www.sinica.edu.tw/news_content/56/3897
- anchor: #n1817030
- Companies mentioned: 近代史研究所、國際教育史常設會議、ISCHE、考試院

Facts:
- Institutionalized as 考試院 in the 1930s
- The Constitution, promulgated in 1947, remains in force in Taiwan
- After the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were divided in 1949

## 株式会社The TCG

- Published: 2026-04-17T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 帝国データバンク
- Original: https://www.tdb.co.jp/report/bankruptcy/flash/5222
- anchor: #n1587075
- Companies mentioned: 株式会社The TCG、（株）The TCG、阿田川総合法律事務所、The TCG Shop AKIHABARA、The TCG Shop MACHIDA

株式会社The TCG, which buys and sells trading cards, faced worsening cash flow and became dependent on rolling over funds. It suspended operations on April 16 and began preparing to file for bankruptcy. Its liabilities total about 200 million yen.

Facts:
- Capital of 1 million yen
- April 16
- July 2024 (Reiwa 6)
- March 2026
- February of the same year
- About 200 creditors
- approx. 200 million yen