# AI News 180m Report｜2026-08-14 03:00–06:00 JST｜Page 3 of 3

One place for news and notices from 2 countries/regions: Taiwan, 160 items from 9 sources; Japan, 59 items from 8 sources.One edition every 180 minutes: every item from every source received in the period, with the original link.

## 令和８年熊本地震による被害及び消防機関等の対応状況（第51報・R8.8.13更新）

- Published: 2026-07-28T16:27:55+09:00
- Source: Japan | 消防庁
- Original: https://www.fdma.go.jp/disaster/info/items/ea6ea8cb7e6c057cbe01dbb9889a9a1f034d3a60.pdf
- anchor: #n1957753
- Companies mentioned: 消防庁、気象庁、熊本県、福岡県、大分県、鹿児島県、長崎県、佐賀県、宮崎県、岡山県、広島県、山口県

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

## 岩手県大槌町の林野火災による被害及び消防機関等の対応状況について（第23報・R8.5.29更新）

- Published: 2026-05-04T13:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 消防庁
- Original: https://www.fdma.go.jp/disaster/info/items/20260422_ootuchi23.pdf
- anchor: #n1590852
- Companies mentioned: 釜石大槌地区行政事務組合消防本部、大槌町、釜石市、仙台市消防局、札幌市消防局、東京消防庁、横浜市消防局

Facts:
- 【小鎚】 約 ４４６ha（精査中） （５月３日６時００分時点） 【吉里吉里】約１，１８７ha（精査中） （５月３日６時００分時点）
- [Kozuchi] 7 buildings (1 residential building and 6 non-residential buildings) [Kirikiri] 1 building (non-residential)
- 2 people with minor injuries (a fall at an evacuation shelter in Kozuchi and an injury sustained by a volunteer firefighter while fighting the fire)

## Implementation of inspection orders for imported foods

- Published: 2026-08-13T16:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 厚生労働省
- Original: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_75455.html
- anchor: #n1957647
- Companies mentioned: 株式会社紀文産業、TAN MONDIAL PTE LTD.

Facts:
- Total aflatoxins: 12 μg/kg detected
- Declared quantity and weight: 7,920 BG

## 薬事審議会 医療機器・再生医療等製品安全対策部会を開催します

- Published: 2026-08-13T14:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 厚生労働省
- Original: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_75293.html
- anchor: #n1957648
- Companies mentioned: 薬事審議会、厚生労働省、YouTube、Adobe Reader

Facts:
- Thursday, August 20, Reiwa 8, 14:00–16:00

## 78th Certification Review Board for Compensation to Families of Former Hansen's Disease Patients

- Published: 2026-08-13T13:14:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 厚生労働省
- Original: https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_75507.html
- anchor: #n1957649
- Companies mentioned: 厚生労働省

Facts:
- 13：30～15：30

## China had already canceled tariff exemptions for 146 Taiwanese products in 2023 and 2024, not on June 30, 2026, as claimed in rumors

- Published: 2026-08-13T19:03:20+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心
- Original: https://tfc-taiwan.org.tw/fact-check-reports/china-taiwan-146-products-tariff-concessions-cancelled-2023-2024-not-2026
- anchor: #n1957975
- Companies mentioned: ECFA、陸委會、經濟部、中國國台辦、人民日報、新華社

Facts:
- Tariff exemptions for 146 products
- 539 items
- 393 items
- 16.5%
- 15.4%
- 13.1%
- 10.2%
- 1.27%
- 0.96%
- $13.1 billion
- 26.6%
- $300 billion
- 7.3%
- $191.78 billion
- $263.6 billion

## 新冠疫情夏季升溫 社群趁機流傳虛構疫苗訴訟與陰謀論

- Published: 2026-08-13T18:26:09+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心
- Original: https://tfc-taiwan.org.tw/fact-check-reports/summer-covid-surge-vaccine-lawsuit-conspiracy-theories
- anchor: #n1957976
- Companies mentioned: 台大醫院、榮總、衛福部、疾管署、世界衛生組織、AFP、PolitiFact、Snopes、Lead Stories、Full Fact、香港浸會大學事實查核中心、誠品書店、英國皇家國立骨科醫院、英國醫學總會、The Harley Street Clinic

Facts:
- 台灣新冠肺炎疫情上升，第31週（8/2-8/8）新冠門急診就診計2萬4,645人次
- 72 new domestic severe cases reported last week (8/4-8/10)
- 114年10月起累計337例新冠併發重症本土病例
- 114年10月起累計337例新冠併發重症本土病例，其中42例死亡
- Older adults aged 65 and above accounted for 73.9% of severe cases
- 89.6%未接種新冠疫苗
- More than 13 billion vaccine doses administered worldwide

## The claim that 故宮 national treasures were transferred overseas originated in a Chinese forum post with no credible evidence

- Published: 2026-08-13T18:24:03+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心
- Original: https://tfc-taiwan.org.tw/fact-check-reports/taiwan-npm-artifacts-transfer-abroad-claim-false
- anchor: #n1957977
- Companies mentioned: 民進黨、故宮、台視、立法院預算中心、文化資產保存法、文化部、古物審查委員會、海關、捷克國家博物館、故宮文物百選及其故事、文化資產局

Facts:
- Select the 90,000 items of highest value
- From the 700,000 items in 故宮's collection
- At least 1,600 artifacts to be inspected each year
- The 4th comprehensive inventory of cultural relics is scheduled for 2027 to 2031

## What is happening ahead of the IPO? OpenAI loses 2 senior executives within days

- Published: 2026-08-14T03:30:04+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6576141
- anchor: #n1957018
- Companies mentioned: OpenAI、Anthropic、Slack、Salesforce、Google、Alphabet、Wiz

OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Dennis Dresser is stepping down after just 1 year in the role. Another executive left shortly before him, unsettling the leadership team as the company prepares for an IPO.

## How much will Trump’s push to bring automakers back to the U.S. cost? The Big Three could face $2 billion in additional annual costs

- Published: 2026-08-14T02:30:05+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 鉅亨網
- Original: https://news.cnyes.com/news/id/6576142
- anchor: #n1956766
- Companies mentioned: General Motors、Ford、Stellantis、AAPC

The Trump administration's trade policies are forcing GM, Ford and Stellantis to bear more than $2 billion in additional costs annually, potentially undermining their international competitiveness. The policies will also affect U.S. consumers.

## 分分鐘公司 fined for improperly sending warning letters to a store set up by a competitor!

- Published: 2026-08-13T01:00:00+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=18483
- anchor: #n1957348
- Companies mentioned: 分分鐘科技有限公司、公平交易委員會

Facts:
- Also fined NT$100,000

## Fair Trade Commission approves 威秀公司's operation of a new cinema at 「臺中流行影音中心」

- Published: 2026-08-13T01:00:00+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=18482
- anchor: #n1957347
- Companies mentioned: 威秀公司、威秀影城股份有限公司、中臺流行影音中心股份有限公司、臺中流行影音中心、美商高通公司

Facts:
- After deliberation at its committee meeting on Aug. 12, 115, the Fair Trade Commission concluded that

## Regarding suspension of designation for qualified contractors by the Minister's Secretariat's Government Buildings Department

- Published: 2026-08-13T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 国土交通省
- Original: https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/eizen01_hh_000293.html
- anchor: #n1957712
- Companies mentioned: 安藤建設工業株式会社

Facts:
- From August 13, Reiwa 8, through November 12, Reiwa 8

## Level 5 heavy rain emergency warning issued for Chiba Prefecture

- Published: 2026-08-13T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 国土交通省
- Original: https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/mizukokudo04_hh_000315.html
- anchor: #n1957711
- Companies mentioned: 国土交通省、気象庁

Facts:
- Chiba Prefecture: Chiba City, Ichikawa City, Funabashi City, Matsudo City, Sakura City, Narashino City, Kashiwa City, Ichihara City, Yachiyo City, Abiko City, Kamagaya City, Yotsukaido City, Inzai City, and Shiroi City
- Chiba City: Chiba (Chiba) 187.0
- Sakura City: Sakura (Sakura) 158.5
- Funabashi City: Funabashi (Funabashi) 121.5
- Abiko City: Abiko (Abiko) 93.5
- Chiba City: Chiba (Chiba) 204.0
- Abiko City: Abiko (Abiko) 170.5
- Funabashi City: Funabashi (Funabashi) 162.5
- Sakura City: Sakura (Sakura) 162.0
- Chiba Prefecture 200
- Ibaraki Prefecture 120
- Tochigi Prefecture 100
- Gunma Prefecture 120

## Academia Sinica meets 德國在台協會 to focus on China studies, international law and AI governance, deepening Taiwan-Germany research cooperation

- Published: 2026-08-05T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央研究院
- Original: https://www.sinica.edu.tw/news_content/55/3901
- anchor: #n1829343
- Companies mentioned: 中央研究院、德國在台協會、馬克斯・普朗克學會

Facts:
- Undertake a 3-month short-term study program

## Scholars from 15 countries gather at Academia Sinica to reconstruct modern Taiwan Strait history from a global perspective

- Published: 2026-08-04T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央研究院
- Original: https://www.sinica.edu.tw/news_content/55/3900
- anchor: #n1817029
- Companies mentioned: 中央研究院、二十世紀中國歷史協會、Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China、HSTCC、《二十世紀中國》、Twentieth-Century China、Taiwan International Graduate Program、TIGP

Facts:
- 3 days
- Presented 208 academic papers
- Since the association was founded in 1983

## Do Japanese inns really house zashiki-warashi? Seeing one brings fortune, but its departure leads to ruin—where did the century-old legend begin?

- Published: 2026-08-14T02:30:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/lifestyle/11156249
- anchor: #n1956830

The legend of 亀麿, a zashiki-warashi said to inhabit the Ryokan 緑風莊 in Iwate Prefecture, is drawing attention as a folk tradition that has endured for more than a hundred years. The spirit is seen as a symbol of family prosperity and has also become a tourism resource.

## E.Sun Financial earnings briefing: No more stock dividends? Post-merger dividend policy with Mercuries Life revealed, with yield to remain above 4%

- Published: 2026-08-14T02:16:34+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 風傳媒
- Original: https://www.storm.mg/article/11156448
- anchor: #n1956831
- Companies mentioned: 玉山金控、三商美邦人壽

玉山金控 said that after its merger with 三商美邦人壽, it plans to maintain a cash dividend payout ratio of at least 4%. It also plans a capital injection of 22 billion yen into 三商美邦人壽 to improve its capital adequacy ratio.

## [GRAND Survey] 54.9% of GRAND viewers dine out at least 1 day a week, about 1.9 times the rate among the general population | n=1,036

- Published: 2026-08-14T05:40:01+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000124.000047349.html
- anchor: #n1958037
- Companies mentioned: GRAND株式会社、三菱地所グループ、株式会社マクロミル

Facts:
- 54.9% of GRAND viewers
- Approximately 1.9 times the share among the general public
- GRAND viewers n=1,036
- General public n=1,035