Use This Information to Promote a Modal Shift to Ships! — Trends in Load Factors for Medium- and Long-Distance Ferries, RORO Ships and Domestic Container Ships
Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省
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Accounts for about 40% of all domestic freight transportation
Implementation of Public Information and Awareness Activities for the FY Reiwa 8 Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance System — Your compulsory insurance supports everyone’s road transportation system.
FBS's popular morning show Bari Hay! hits the streets in front of Hakata Station! A one-day event to enjoy tea and sweets, the Nikakudo PRESENTS Bari Hay! Grand Tea Gathering, will be held on Sunday, Oct. 4!
Ayako Imoto stars in her first serialized drama! The eagerly awaited screen adaptation of the acclaimed manga Uzume's Rebirth, a story of hope and renewal! Uzume Tamura, 40. A shut-in for 12 years. She's starting her life over now!
“Monthly cash earnings regularly paid” (general workers): ¥292,400 (up 6.4% year on year)
By residence status, “professional and technical fields” account for 42.1%
The most common reason for employing foreign workers (multiple answers allowed) was “to address or ease labor shortages,” at 68.2%
The most common challenge in employing foreign workers (multiple answers allowed) was “difficulty communicating due to Japanese-language ability and other factors,” at 46.2%
A Japan-bound program under the ASEAN Human Development Scholarship Partners Support initiative (AHEAD50), themed around climate change measures and ocean conservation for sustainable economic growth, was held
Published ・ Source Japan | 環境省
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50th anniversary of Japan-ASEAN friendship and cooperation in 2023
Announcement of the 2nd meeting of the Industrial Waste Contract Subcommittee for Promoting Resource Circulation, under the Reiwa 8 Basic Policy Study Group on Contracts Considering Environmental Impact
Published ・ Source Japan | 環境省
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The meeting will be held in web conference format (livestreamed) on Thursday, September 3, Reiwa 8
Major reversal! Wall Street's bond-market bull-in-chief turns bearish and liquidates nearly all holdings; is the “long-bond bull market” over?
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
Lacy Hunt, known as the “commander-in-chief of Wall Street’s bond market bulls,” has almost completely exited his holdings of long-term U.S. Treasuries, which he had supported for 40 years. This signals serious concerns about the sustainability of U.S. government finances and sends a major signal to the market.
“I know something the market doesn’t”: Bessent’s remark sparks expectations of a September BOJ rate hike
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said he had “information the market does not know,” raising expectations of a September rate hike by the Bank of Japan. The narrowing of the U.S.-Japan interest rate gap is a factor, and pressure for the yen to strengthen is mounting.
Another Apple veteran departing? Schiller relinquishes 2 key roles as retirement nears
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網
Apple senior executive Schiller has stepped down from his two key roles overseeing the App Store and product launches. Though he will remain an “Apple Fellow,” the move is seen as a precursor to retirement. It reflects an accelerating generational change in Apple’s senior leadership under new CEO Ternus.
Promulgation of the “Cabinet Office Order Partially Amending the Order for Enforcement of the Money Lending Business Act” and results of the public comment process
Publication of the results of the public comment process and other information concerning the draft partial revision of the “Supervisory Guidelines for Small-Amount, Short-Term Insurance Providers” in connection with the Reiwa 7 amendment to the Insurance Business Act
Published ・ Source Japan | 金融庁
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We received a total of 18 comments
The amendments will take effect on Wednesday, March 1, Reiwa 10
[Arson] [At 08:17 on the 30th, a man opened a gas cylinder and set it alight on Minzu Road in Banqiao District, New Taipei City. Residents put out the fire with an extinguisher; no one was injured.] Initial (final) report
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署
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The burned area was about 1 square meter
The fire department dispatched 6 vehicles and 17 personnel
[Earthquake] [At 19:48 on the 30th, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 struck 43.4 kilometers east-northeast of Tainan City Government, in Nanhua District, Tainan City.] Initial (final) report
Lu Tongrui, director of Academia Sinica’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, receives the 2026 Roy L. Whistler International Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央研究院
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More than 280 research papers and review articles
More than 125 master’s and doctoral students, technical staff and postdoctoral researchers
From AI infrastructure to quantum computing, SEMICON 2026 opens in grand style! SEMI estimates this year’s semiconductor output value will top US$1.5 trillion, with Taiwan’s share of the materials market reaching 30%, the highest worldwide
Published ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒
SEMI announced “SEMICON Taiwan 2026.” Advances in AI and quantum computing are driving structural growth in the semiconductor industry, and Taiwan holds a 30% share of the global materials market.