Heisei 21 National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, National Household Distribution: Single-Person Households — Household Distribution by Sex: By household attributes, cash income bracket, consumption expenditure bracket, and current savings bracket - Nationwide - Employed single-person households
Heisei 21 National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure, National Household Distribution: Single-Person Households — Household Distribution by Sex: By household attributes, cash income bracket, consumption expenditure bracket, and current savings bracket - Nationwide - Single-person households
[News monitoring—residential fire] [TVBS News report: Fire in Kaohsiung downtown! Apartment building billows smoke, 9 people briefly trapped] Initial/final report
[Residential fire] [Fire at a residence in Yuangang Village, Yuanli Township, Miaoli County, at 15:22 on the 13th; extinguished at 16:20, no casualties] Initial/final report
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署
Summary not yet available
Facts
Call received at 15:22
Fire extinguished at 16:20
Fire department dispatched 9 vehicles and 18 personnel
[Factory fire] [Factory fire on Zhongshan 3rd Road, Daya District, Taichung, at 15:13 on the 13th; extinguished at 18:21, 1 person burned and taken to hospital] Final report
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署
Summary not yet available
Facts
Call received at 15:13
Arrived at the scene at 15:23
Fire brought under control at 15:44
Fire extinguished at 18:21
Fire department dispatched 35 vehicles, 70 personnel, 1 drone (亞拓) and 1 firefighting robot
1 man suffered burns and was taken to 臺中榮總 (triage level 2)
[News monitoring—tour bus fire] [Liberty Times Net report: Tour bus catches fire on National Freeway 1 in Changhua; 34 people jump off to escape] Initial/final report
[Residential fire] [Fire at a residence on Yanping Road, Changhua City, Changhua County, at 19:30 on the 13th; extinguished, 1 person visibly dead] Initial/final report
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署
Summary not yet available
Facts
1 person visibly dead
Burned area about 5 square meters
Fire department dispatched 13 vehicles and 24 personnel
[People stranded by rising creek waters] [At 18:49 on the 13th, 2 men were stranded on the opposite bank of Sankuang Creek near kilometer 48 of Provincial Highway 7 in Fuxing District, Taoyuan, after the water rose; all were rescued safely at 21:13] Initial/final report
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署
Summary not yet available
Facts
2 people stranded on the opposite bank after the creek waters rose
All rescued safely at 21:13
Fire department dispatched 3 vehicles and 13 personnel
[Oil refinery fire] [Fire at a substation at the 中油煉油廠 on Coastal 4th Road, Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, at 01:17 on the 14th; extinguished, no casualties] Initial/final report
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署
Summary not yet available
Facts
The site was a 4-story RC building
Fire department dispatched 9 vehicles and 22 personnel
Regarding the meeting of the Working Group on Refresher Training (Skills Training) of the 40th Study Group on the Career Consultant Registration System, etc.
Discussion on enhancing energy autonomy through the use of mobility and infrastructure ~The 2nd joint meeting of the Environment Subcommittee of the Council for Social Infrastructure Development and the Environment Subcommittee of the Transportation System Subcommittee of the Council for Transport Policy’s Energy and Economic Security Working Group~
115 fiscal year general budget passes final reading; entire NT$63.4 billion drone budget approved, Economic Affairs Ministry says output value will exceed NT$40 billion by 2030
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan approved the full 63.4 billion yen in drone-related funding in the 115 fiscal-year budget. The Ministry of Economic Affairs aims to grow the industry to more than 40 billion yen by 2030.
The Fed can hold off on rate hikes for now! Goolsbee says he wants to monitor inflation for 3 to 4 months.
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
Chicago Fed President Goolsbee said policymakers should wait to raise interest rates until they confirm that inflation is moving toward the 2% target. This could mark a turning point in monetary policy and is drawing market attention.
Companies mentioned:Federal Reserve (Fed)、Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Our Kobayashi will speak at the side event “Regenerative Agriculture and Sustainable Land Management: Japan’s Innovative Technologies and Approaches,” which 農林水産省 will host for the first time at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17).
Published ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES
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To be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Friday, August 21, 2026.
1.5 Billion Hectares of Land
Raised approximately ¥1 billion in Series A funding
Munetaka Murakami donates 10 million yen to Kumamoto. Charity sales of limited-edition caps begin, carrying forward the spirit behind the donation. All proceeds will go to the “Reiwa 8 Kumamoto Earthquake Relief Fund.”
Deficiencies involving a former employee’s misappropriation of cash on hand and handling of credit operations at 台中商業銀行 violated Article 45-1, Paragraph 1 of the Banking Act and Articles 4, Paragraph 1, and 12, Paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Regulations Governing the Implementation of Internal Control and Audit Systems by Financial Holding Companies and Banking Industries, promulgated under the act. The bank was fined NT$2 million under Article 129, Subparagraph 7 of the same act.
永悅健康-創 (7835): Announces correction to the auditor’s opinion type and financial report announcement details for the company’s 115 second-quarter consolidated financial statements in iXBRL.
National Science and Technology Council chief leads delegation to Texas to expand cooperation in semiconductors and space technology.
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家科學及技術委員會
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On August 11, U.S. Central Time, the delegation held talks with Texas officials and senior figures from industry, academia and research at the Texas State Capitol.
On August 12, U.S. Central Time, the delegation visited the Microelectronics Research Center at UT Austin.