2026-09-03 00:00–03:00 JST

Lee Dong-wook’s A Shop for Killers 2 loses out! Taiwan’s favorite series of August: This show tops the TOP 10, beating Netflix’s Smart Town in ratings, with viewers praising its great ending

Published 2026-09-03 01:00 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• No. 10 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 9 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 8 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 7 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 6 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 5 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 4 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 3 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 2 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan
• No. 1 in Yahoo’s August binge-watching rankings in Taiwan

Companies mentioned：Yahoo、Netflix、PTT、微博、imdb

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Taiwan’s GDP growth could reach 11.5%! Standard Chartered sharply raises its forecast, revealing a key shift in the economic structure

Published 2026-09-03 00:43 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• Taiwan’s economic growth forecast for 2026 was sharply raised from 9.5% to 11.5%
• The forecast for 2027 was also raised from 5% to 6.5%
• Taiwan’s economic growth rate reached 12.93% in the second quarter
• Continuing the strong performance of 15.4% in the first quarter
• Net exports contributed 5.6 percentage points to economic growth in the second quarter
• Domestic demand contributed 7.3 percentage points
• Fixed investment and private consumption contributed 3.1 and 2.6 percentage points, respectively
• Taiwan’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was 61.5 in July
• The non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (NMI) was 57.3

Companies mentioned：渣打集團、台積電、輝達、聯發科

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Is 欣興’s rebound a chance to buy on a dip? Expert offers investors a “four-character maxim”: How far the stock price has fallen is not the point

Published 2026-09-03 00:32 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• World No. 1 leader Ibiden

Companies mentioned：欣興、Ibiden、國巨、南電、景碩、臻鼎-KY

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Will Hung Sun-han become a “Chinese citizen” by using a Taiwan Compatriot Permit to attend an APEC meeting in mainland China? The astonishing answer is revealed

Published 2026-09-03 00:16 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• Taiwan was invited to join APEC in 1991
• 中國大陸 has hosted APEC meetings twice before; this will be its third time, including the 2001 Shanghai APEC meeting
• 2014 Beijing APEC
• Hung Sun-han will travel to Nanjing on September 21 to attend the APEC ministerial meeting
• Until Hong Kong returned to China in 1997

Companies mentioned：APEC、勞動部、陸委會、外交部、中華民國、中國大陸、維基百科、聯合國

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Lifetime ban on buying tobacco for those born after 2009 advances to a second reading, but faces 3 hurdles before it can take effect

Published 2026-09-03 00:06 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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Is 瑤池金母 being targeted? Foreign investors dump shares, with “50,000 lots withdrawn from 00981A”; this type of stock emerges as a new favorite

Published 2026-09-03 00:05 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• Taiwan stocks also fell today (2), ending down 784 points at 46164.
• Original外資今日賣超913.54億元
• 統一台股增長 (00981A) was hit with a single sell-off of 50,967 shares
• Original台股今日3大法人同步賣超，外資及陸資、投信、自營商合計賣超1150.33億元。
• 台中銀: Net purchases of 28,714 shares
• 合庫金: Net purchases of 27,227 shares
• 兆豐金: Net purchases of 17,738 shares

Companies mentioned：瑤池金母、統一台股增長、聯電、元大台灣50正2、元大台灣50反1、群益臺灣加權正2、台泥、元大台灣50、仁寶、國巨、和桐、台中銀、合庫金、兆豐金、華邦電、遠東銀、第一金、華南金、盟立、國票金、友達、台積電

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Is a foreign brokerage’s 10,000 target price for 聯發科 reasonable? Expert watches whether “1 figure hits target” and says to look at 3 key points at the investor conference

Published 2026-09-02 23:59 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• Target price could reach 10,000 yuan
• Investing 3.5 billion US dollars
• About 111 billion New Taiwan dollars
• The price-to-earnings ratio has exceeded 50 times
• This year’s final EPS should be around 80 yuan
• A share price of 4,000 yuan
• EPS could reach 200 yuan

Companies mentioned：聯發科、輝達、Google、NVIDIA

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Will Taipei City Hall “do the mayor a favor” and admit 蔣萬安’s son as an exchange student? 郭正亮 fires back: This is far less serious than 沈伯洋’s father

Published 2026-09-02 23:33 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• 115 academic year international exchange students

Companies mentioned：蔣萬安、蔣得立、郭正亮、沈伯洋、徐佳青、國民黨

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Getting to the bottom of the tainted-oil case! 徐巧芯 reports the Ministry of Justice for alleged leaks, says she has clear evidence: Editor-in-chief prepares to be questioned

Published 2026-09-02 23:31 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• The “20% removal threshold” in the 中聯 oil products case
• A maximum prison sentence of 3 years
• A maximum prison sentence of 1 year
• 49.1% disapprove of Lai Ching-te and Cho Jung-tai

Companies mentioned：中聯油脂、風傳媒、尼古喵喵

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745,000 older people in Taiwan live alone! The biggest fear is not having company; 1 thing at home could happen before anyone can help

Published 2026-09-02 23:22 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• The number of older people living alone in Taiwan has reached 745,000
• Residential fires in Taiwan killed 360 people over 3 years
• A total of 15,387 building fires occurred across Taiwan
• Of these, 11,014 were residential fires
• Accounting for 71.6%
• Electrical causes were the most common, at 40.1%
• Cooking fires came next, accounting for 28.0%
• Third were fires caused by unattended sources of ignition, at 20.3%
• Among the 273 deaths after suicide cases were excluded
• There were 101 people aged 65 or older
• Accounting for 37%

Companies mentioned：衛福部、消防署、國家衛生研究院、內政部消防署

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Original陳松勇400萬遺產「1年敗光」！看護Yuli驚爆賣房還債 淪1現況曝

Published 2026-09-02 23:15 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• 1 billion Indonesian rupiah
• The first house alone cost 400 million Indonesian rupiah
• Property worth about 30 million yuan

Companies mentioned：CTWANT

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Taiwan, the Philippines and China all claim the territory! Chinese military aircraft again circle “Democracy Reef”; 外交部 strongly condemns the move as dangerous and highly provocative

Published 2026-09-02 23:03 ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

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• China’s Ministry of National Defense released this today (2)
• Mid-August last year
• September last year
• Since August
• Aug. 21

Companies mentioned：中国国防部、中国解放军、中国海警船、菲律宾海岸巡防艦、中国海军驅逐艦、中国国务院、外交部

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US commerce secretary: Semiconductor tariffs may be imposed, with exemptions for production in the US

Published 2026-09-03 01:55 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

US Commerce Secretary Lutnick said the United States plans to impose tariffs on semiconductors, but companies producing them in the US could be exempt, in a bid to encourage manufacturers to localize production.

Companies mentioned：CNBC

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European stocks close lower as US Treasury yields and oil prices rebound

Published 2026-09-03 01:32 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

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• 倫敦FTSE 100指數 fell 32.83 points, or 0.30%
• Closing at 10756.45 points
• 法蘭克福DAX指數 fell 130.78 points, or 0.50%
• Closing at 25839.33 points
• 巴黎CAC 40指數 fell 21.22 points, or 0.26%
• Closing at 8280.63 points

Companies mentioned：倫敦FTSE 100指數、法蘭克福DAX指數、巴黎CAC 40指數

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雪佛龍 invests 7 billion US dollars in Venezuela; oil production set to double within 5 years

Published 2026-09-03 01:26 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

雪佛龍 and Venezuela have reached a 7 billion US dollar oil field development agreement, with production expected to double to about 600,000 barrels per day within 5 years. The move deepens energy cooperation between the two countries.

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• 雪佛龍 reaches 7 billion US dollar deal with Venezuela to develop new oil fields
• Production is expected to increase by more than 1 times within 5 years
• The joint venture 石油獨立 has a daily production target of about 600,000 barrels
• 雪佛龍 has increased its stake in 石油獨立 by 13.2%

Companies mentioned：雪佛龍、石油獨立、委內瑞拉國營石油公司

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Tiger Woods reaches plea agreement in Florida car crash case; driver’s license suspended for 5 years

Published 2026-09-03 00:31 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

Golf great Tiger Woods reached a plea deal on a reckless-driving charge stemming from a Florida crash and was sentenced to a 5-year suspension of his driver's license. Woods had previously denied a charge of driving under the influence.

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• Tiger Woods reaches plea deal on reckless-driving charge in Florida
• Court suspends Tiger Woods' driver's license for 5 years
• Crash occurred on Jupiter Island, Florida
• Police found painkillers in Woods' pocket
• Woods refused to take a urine test

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U.S. energy secretary: Venezuelan oil output to top 2 million barrels per day

Published 2026-09-03 00:03 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

U.S. energy secretary forecasts sharp growth in Venezuelan oil output, which is expected to exceed 2 million barrels per day within this decade. 雪佛龍 also announced a $7 billion investment plan.

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• Venezuelan oil output to top 2 million barrels per day before the end of the decade
• Venezuela currently produces more than 1.2 million barrels of oil per day
• 雪佛龍 to invest $7 billion in joint venture with 委內瑞拉國家石油公司
• U.S. to control about 1/5 of Venezuela's oil reserves

Companies mentioned：雪佛龍、委內瑞拉國家石油公司、埃克森美孚、康菲石油

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Army joins 樂天桃猿 for Ami Party; Commander Lu Kun-hsiu throws first pitch

Published 2026-09-02 23:59 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

The Army and 樂天桃猿 co-hosted the Ami Party, showcasing the energy of military-civilian exchanges. An Apache helicopter opening performance helped bring the military closer to the public.

Companies mentioned：樂天桃猿

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Landslide disaster in Gyirong, Tibet, leaves 21 dead and 541 missing

Published 2026-09-02 23:59 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

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• Disaster leaves 21 dead
• 541 people missing
• 847 personal effects found
• More than 2,300 rescue personnel deployments
• More than 400 search-and-rescue vehicle deployments
• More than 8,000 sets of search-and-rescue equipment
• More than 800 drone flights
• 5.43 tons of supplies and equipment air-dropped
• Communications restored at 12 base stations
• 336 personnel deployments in total
• Cumulative search area reaches 1.591 million square meters
• A total of 876 calls received from family members
• 448 calls from within the country
• 428 calls from overseas
• 587 family members accommodated
• 253 family members of missing and deceased people from within the country

Companies mentioned：西藏自治區政府、中央社、環球網

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Egypt's heavy debt, interest payments, currency and prices leave economy facing a triple squeeze

Published 2026-09-02 23:53 ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

Egypt is trapped in a cycle of debt, interest payments, currency depreciation and high prices. Although its debt-to-GDP ratio is not the worst globally, fiscal pressure poses a long-term risk to economic growth.

Companies mentioned：國際貨幣基金 (IMF)

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Did the U.S. and Japan intervene again? Yen suddenly surges after falling past 160, fueling market speculation

Published 2026-09-03 02:00 ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

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• Original日元稍早一度貶破160日元兌1美元
• The yen at one point fell to about 164 yen to the dollar
• Pushing the yen up about 5%

Companies mentioned：美國財政部長貝森特、日本銀行、美國銀行、Monex

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Bessent backs BOJ into a corner! A 1-notch rate hike may not satisfy markets, while holding rates risks another yen collapse

Published 2026-09-03 01:30 ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

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• BOJ's current policy rate is 1%
• Raise rates by 1 notch to 1.25%
• Japan's inflation rate could approach 3% later this year
• Raise rates by 1 notch (25 basis points)
• 10-year government bond yields topped 3% on Tuesday
• U.S. 10-year government bond yields near 4.82%
• Original日元從1986年來低點、約164日元兌1美元
• Rebounded to near 155 yen
• The yen was trading at around 158.72 yen in the New York market on Wednesday

Companies mentioned：日本銀行、摩根大通證券、樂天證券、Marlborough Investment Management

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Global bonds suffer sharp retreat! But compared with the disastrous 2022 selloff, this is small potatoes

Published 2026-09-03 01:00 ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

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• Global government bond yields have risen a cumulative 17 basis points over the past 20 days
• The 62-basis-point surge over 20 days at the time
• Bond prices fell 4.2%
• The 23% plunge in 2022
• Original今年彭博全球國債總報酬指數成分債券的平均票面利率為2.68%
• Up from 1.84% in 2022
• Japan's 10-year government bond yield hit 3% on Tuesday
• Original全球政府債券殖利率波動率，已從5月的56個基點高峰下降至37個基點
• The indicator once

Companies mentioned：聯準會、GSFM、摩根大通資產管理公司、彭博、三井住友信託銀行

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Is OPEC+ done increasing output? October production policy expected to remain unchanged

Published 2026-09-03 00:40 ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

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• Production cuts of 1.65 million barrels per day
• Measures remain in effect through the end of 2026
• Production baseline for 2027

Companies mentioned：OPEC+、沙國、俄羅斯、伊拉克、科威特、阿爾及利亞、哈薩克、阿曼、阿拉伯聯合大公國、OPEC、DeGolyer and MacNaughton、委內瑞拉

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Uber suddenly slashes jobs! 3,300 people lose their jobs; only 1% of employees will remain fully remote

Published 2026-09-03 00:10 ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

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• Will cut about 3,300 jobs worldwide
• Equivalent to 10% of the total workforce
• Only about 1% of employees will be able to work fully remotely in the future
• Will reduce management positions by 20%
• At the time, the pandemic caused ride-hailing demand to plunge, and the company cut 6,700 jobs
• Pledged to invest more than $10 billion in autonomous taxi partnerships over the coming years
• Uber shares are down nearly 8% so far this year

Companies mentioned：Uber、Waymo、特斯拉、Avride、Lucid、Nuro、Rivian、Lyft

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Earnings preview: Market value evaporates by $520 billion; can 博通's AI forecast trigger an 輝達-style rally?

Published 2026-09-02 23:40 ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

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• About $520 billion in market value wiped out
• Third-quarter AI semiconductor revenue to reach $16 billion
• More than $17 billion expected by analysts
• Shares plunged 13% the next day
• AI chip sales to exceed $100 billion in 2027
• Third-quarter earnings per share to rise 210% year over year to $2.63
• Revenue to grow 85% to $29.4 billion
• Estimated price-to-earnings ratio of about 21 times
• The 18-times average over the past 10 years
• The 42-times reading in December last year
• The 32-times reading in June this year
• Partnership worth more than $30 billion

Companies mentioned：博通、輝達、Advisors Capital Management、華爾街、Laffer Tengler Investments、Benchmark Equity Research、蘋果、Alphabet、Google、Anthropic、OpenAI、Meta、邁威爾

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Bond market storm! Global long bonds undergo a snowball-style repricing: Japanese bond yields top 3%, a 30-year high; U.S. yields breach 4.8%

Published 2026-09-02 23:10 ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

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• 30-year yields also touched a high of 5.28%
• Bloomberg Global Aggregate government bond index yield at 3.72%
• Spent a massive 15.3993 trillion yen
• About $96.5 billion
• Intervention totaling 27.13 trillion yen
• 標普500 trailing price-to-earnings ratio at 26 times

Companies mentioned：聯準會、巴克萊、安聯、五礦證券、中金、標普500、道明證券、日本央行、美國財長貝森特、日本財務大臣片山皋月

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Hawkish voices at Fed hit the brakes! Williams: Not enough reason to raise rates

Published 2026-09-02 23:10 ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

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• Fed raises rates by 1 notch this month to 3.75% to 4%
• Williams estimates the neutral rate at about 1%

Companies mentioned：美國聯準會、紐約聯準銀行、CNBC、聯邦公開市場委員會、Fed、華盛頓、期貨市場、Fed理事華勒

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ジャガー・ルクルト announces new global ambassador: Robert Pattinson

Published 2026-09-03 02:06 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES

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• Since 1833
• More than 1,400 calibers
• More than 430 patents
• More than 190 years
• 82 workshops
• 108 crafts
• 235 techniques
• 69 proprietary techniques

Companies mentioned：ジャガー・ルクルト、Icki Eneo Arlo、ワーナー・ブラザース・ピクチャーズ、ニュー・ライン・シネマ、ソニー、コロンビア・ピクチャーズ、A24、ジャガー・ルクルトジャパン株式会社

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Free online seminar “PERSOL AI CONFERENCE 2026” explores decision-making and practical tips for the AX era, to be held on September 16 (Wed.)

Published 2026-09-03 02:00 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES

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• Original2026年3月期売上収益1兆5,558億円（IFRS）

Companies mentioned：パーソルホールディングス株式会社、旭化成、NTTデータグループ、村田製作所、株式会社tonari、北陸先端科学技術大学院大学、マッキンゼー・アンド・カンパニー、株式会社パーソル総合研究所、パーソルイノベーション株式会社、パーソルビジネスプロセスデザイン株式会社、パーソルワークスイッチコンサルティング株式会社

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[Okayama University] Major minerals deep inside the Earth were “almost dry” — the fate of water deep underground revealed

Published 2026-09-03 01:52 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES

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• Water solubility was found to be 1/10 or less of previous estimates (0.08 wt% or less)

Companies mentioned：国立大学法人岡山大学、愛媛大学、広島大学、帝京科学大学、京都大学、高輝度光科学研究センター、中国北京高圧研究センター

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[Okayama University] Strain separates “two types of superconductivity”! Kagome metal that confounds electrons — new method for controlling superconductivity discovered in a material attracting global attention

Published 2026-09-03 01:31 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES

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• 2026 (Reiwa 8)
• August 28, 2026
• 〒700-8530
• TEL: 086-251-7803
• FAX: 086-251-7825
• 〒700-8558
• TEL: 086-235-7983
• TEL: 086-251-8463
• TEL: 086-251-8705
• FAX: 086-251-7114

Companies mentioned：国立大学法人岡山大学、中国福建師範大学、米国物理学会、Physical Review Letters、独立行政法人日本学術振興会（JSPS）、公益財団法人村田学術振興・教育財団、公益財団法人中国電力技術研究財団、公益財団法人岡山工学振興会

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ダイアン stars! Tsuda delivers a performance worthy of a seasoned actor, playing 3 roles and shouting “I told you so, right?” more than 100 times. TimeTree calendar-sharing app’s 3 new TV commercials, “I Told You So,” to air nationwide beginning September 7, 2026

Published 2026-09-03 00:00 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES

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Companies mentioned：株式会社TimeTree、ダイアン、津田篤宏、ユースケ

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Putting “All Made in Saitama” in children’s hands. Connecting Nishikawa timber and Bushu indigo dyeing through Kawaguchi’s wooden pattern-making techniques

Published 2026-09-02 23:59 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES

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• Price: 4,500 yen (before tax)

Companies mentioned：株式会社こまむぐ、石織商店

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Company successfully places its 11th small SAR satellite into orbit and confirms successful antenna deployment

Published 2026-09-02 23:55 ・ Source Japan | PR TIMES

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• Company’s 11th small SAR satellite
• 21:01 on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, Japan time

Companies mentioned：株式会社Synspective、Rocket Lab

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Health Calendar | I Didn't Want to Run Today, So I Went Running (Haruki Murakami) - Heho Health

Published 2026-09-03 01:06 ・ Source Taiwan | Heho健康

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