# AI News 180m Report｜2026-09-08 03:00–06:00 JST｜Page 2 of 2

One place for news and notices from 2 countries/regions: Taiwan, 66 items from 8 sources; Japan, 56 items from 10 sources.One edition every 180 minutes: every item from every source received in the period, with the original link.

## 日本銀行 transactions with the government (August)

- Published: 2026-09-07T08:50:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 日本銀行
- Original: https://www.boj.or.jp/statistics/boj/other/tseifu/release/2026/seifu2608.pdf
- anchor: #n2570581
- Companies mentioned: 日本銀行、国債整理基金、財政融資資金

Facts:
- Long-term Japanese government bond sales with repurchase agreements with 国債整理基金, outstanding balance (k)
- Monthly change in long-term Japanese government bond sales with repurchase agreements with 国債整理基金 (Q)
- Amount of sales subject to repurchase agreements (R)
- Repurchase amount (-) (S)

## Monetary base and 日本銀行 transactions (August)

- Published: 2026-09-07T08:50:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 日本銀行
- Original: https://www.boj.or.jp/statistics/boj/other/mbt/mbt2608.pdf
- anchor: #n2570580
- Companies mentioned: 日本銀行

## 法網后安德瑞娃闖美網8強 鏖戰3盤逆轉好友波塔波娃

- Published: 2026-09-08T05:03:15+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aspt/202609080006.aspx
- anchor: #n2570164
- Companies mentioned: アンドレエワ、ポタポワ、アニシモワ

Facts:
- Seeded No. 5

## U.S. envoy 魏科夫 visits Russia and Ukraine in turn, says he is working to arrange three-way talks

- Published: 2026-09-08T04:21:12+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202609080005.aspx
- anchor: #n2570043
- Companies mentioned: 魏科夫、庫許納、澤倫斯基、克里姆林宮、莫斯科、基輔、瑞士日內瓦、美國、俄羅斯、烏克蘭

Facts:
- 俄羅斯全面侵略烏克蘭逾4年半時間

## U.S.-Canada trade war heats up again; Trump threatens to block Canada’s 龐巴迪

- Published: 2026-09-08T03:59:10+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202609080004.aspx
- anchor: #n2569980
- Companies mentioned: 龐巴迪、灣流

Facts:
- 50% tariffs

## Prince Harry’s family returns to UK; 白金漢宮 reiterates that “the two are still not working members of the royal family”

- Published: 2026-09-08T03:09:07+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央社 CNA
- Original: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202609080003.aspx
- anchor: #n2569833
- Companies mentioned: 白金漢宮、英國廣播公司（BBC）、路透社、國王查爾斯（King Charles III）、宮務大臣（Lord Chamberlain）、郡郡尉（Lord Lieutenants）

Facts:
- It has been 6 years since they gave up their royal duties and moved to the United States
- The two left the United Kingdom for the United States in 2020

## 「鉄道脱炭素施設等実装調査」を実施する鉄軌道事業者等を募集します！ ～鉄軌道事業者等によるカーボンニュートラル実現に向けた取組を促進～

- Published: 2026-09-07T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 国土交通省
- Original: https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/tetsudo07_hh_000328.html
- anchor: #n2570525
- Companies mentioned: 国土交通省、鉄軌道事業者

Facts:
- Subsidy rate: 1/2 (However, consumption tax and local consumption tax are excluded from eligible project costs.)
- Toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050

## Meeting of the Expert Committee on Measures to Prevent Wrong-Way Driving on Expressways (9th meeting) — Discussing effective measures going forward, including through analysis of wrong-way driving incidents

- Published: 2026-09-07T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 国土交通省
- Original: https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/road01_hh_002139.html
- anchor: #n2570524
- Companies mentioned: 東京大学、芝浦工業大学、日本自動車連盟、帝塚山大学、国土交通省、警察庁、経済産業省

Facts:
- 9th meeting
- １５：００～１７：００
- September ８
- １７：００

## Supporting the rapid restoration of rivers, roads, and other infrastructure damaged by the August Reiwa 8 Chiba torrential rain — Streamlining disaster assessments by simplifying design documents and raising the ceiling for document-based assessments

- Published: 2026-09-07T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 国土交通省
- Original: https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/mizukokudo06_hh_000356.html
- anchor: #n2570523
- Companies mentioned: 千葉県、千葉市

Facts:
- 千葉県: 80 million yen or less
- 千葉市: 104 million yen or less
- Normally less than 10 million yen

## Holding a seminar on promoting collaboration between bicycles and local public transportation — Public transportation connected by bicycles

- Published: 2026-09-07T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 国土交通省
- Original: https://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/sogo12_hh_000544.html
- anchor: #n2570522
- Companies mentioned: 近畿日本鉄道株式会社、一般社団法人 しまなみジャパン、新潟県湯沢町、愛媛県

Facts:
- September 14, Reiwa 8
- 10:30～11:30
- September 10, Reiwa 8
- １７：００

## Business Conditions Index — Contributions of individual series

- Published: 2026-09-07T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 政府統計 e-Stat
- Original: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0003446463
- anchor: #n2570754
- Companies mentioned: 内閣府

Facts:
- Total data count: 15930

## Business Conditions Index — Values of individual series

- Published: 2026-09-07T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 政府統計 e-Stat
- Original: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0003446462
- anchor: #n2570753

Facts:
- Total data count: 19764

## Business Conditions Index — Long-term series

- Published: 2026-09-07T00:00:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 政府統計 e-Stat
- Original: https://www.e-stat.go.jp/dbview?sid=0003446461
- anchor: #n2570752
- Companies mentioned: 内閣府

Facts:
- Total data count: 6336

## September 13 marks the 100th anniversary of the launch of “Meiji Milk Chocolate”! FRUITS ZIPPER stars in a special 100th-anniversary TV commercial! A special “Melody of meiji” video is also released. A spectacular finale to the 99th anniversary!

- Published: 2026-09-08T04:00:01+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000080.000017745.html
- anchor: #n2570042
- Companies mentioned: 株式会社 明治、FRUITS ZIPPER、いずみたく、中森明菜、五木ひろし、TOSHI-LOW、こっちのけんと、森高千里、新浜レオン、藤あや子、イルカ、中納良恵、大黒摩季、小林幸子、BRAHMAN、EGO-WRAPPIN'

Facts:
- A total of 12 artists appear
- Since “Meiji Milk Chocolate” was launched in 1926

## 乃木坂46’s Inoue Nagi appears in a web commercial for a new mascara! The first mascara, “Shocking Curl Keep Magic,” joins the No. 1 Fix Mist※1 “Make Keep” series.

- Published: 2026-09-08T04:00:01+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000802.000041232.html
- anchor: #n2570041
- Companies mentioned: 株式会社コーセー、乃木坂46

Facts:
- Cumulative shipments have exceeded 25 million units※5

## POLASTECH raises seed 2 round funding

- Published: 2026-09-08T03:32:11+09:00
- Source: Japan | PR TIMES
- Original: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000179058.html
- anchor: #n2569919
- Companies mentioned: POLASTECH株式会社、クラフティアイノベーション投資事業有限責任組合、KRAFTIA Innovation Fund、Spiral Innovation Partners有限責任事業組合、東海研究開発1号投資事業有限責任組合、株式会社Central Japan Innovation Capital、有限会社柴田熔接工作所、名古屋大学

Facts:
- Total: 140 million yen

## Candidates for the 115年 local public officials election have completed registration

- Published: 2026-09-07T17:58:47+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央選舉委員會
- Original: https://web.cec.gov.tw/central/article/64711
- anchor: #n2570433
- Companies mentioned: 中央選舉委員會

Facts:
- A total of 19,695 candidates completed registration
- They are vying for 11,051 seats
- 23 candidates for special municipality mayor
- 610 candidates for special municipality councilor
- 58 candidates for county or city mayor
- 892 candidates for county or city councilor
- 16 candidates for chief of a special municipality's mountainous indigenous district
- 94 candidates for representative of a special municipality's mountainous indigenous district
- 465 candidates for township, town or county-administered city mayor
- 3,437 candidates for township, town or county-administered city representative
- 14,100 candidates for village or neighborhood chief completed registration

## 令和8年8月27日からの大雨、令和8年台風第24号及び前線による大雨被害及び消防機関等の対応状況（第26報・R8.9.7更新）

- Published: 2026-08-27T06:20:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 消防庁
- Original: https://www.fdma.go.jp/disaster/info/items/20260827ooame26.pdf
- anchor: #n2570562
- Companies mentioned: 消防庁、気象庁、福島県、石川県、福井県、東京都、鹿児島県、沖縄県、富山県、岩手県、宮城県、千葉県、神奈川県、鳥取県、長野県、島根県、秋田県、青森県、いわき市消防本部、石川県防災ヘリ、福井県防災へリ

Facts:
- Deaths
- Injured
- Damage to homes
- Emergency Safety Measures
- Evacuation order

## Financial measures for disasters and other events caused by heavy rain associated with Typhoon No. 24 and a weather front in Reiwa 8

- Published: 2026-09-07T18:30:00+09:00
- Source: Japan | 金融庁
- Original: https://www.fsa.go.jp/news/r8/ginkou/20260907.html
- anchor: #n2570165
- Companies mentioned: 金融庁、九州財務局

Facts:
- Phone: ０５７０－０１６８１１ (from IP phones: ０３－５２５１－６８１１)

## GOGOLOOK (6902)：Announces that the company has been invited to participate in the “2026 Trend Industry Forum” hosted by 宏遠證券

- Published: 2026-09-08T01:00:00+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=sii&co_id=6902&year=115&month=9&b_date=1&e_date=31&seq_no=1&spoke_time=3220&spoke_date=20260908
- anchor: #n2570312
- Companies mentioned: GOGOLOOK、宏遠證券

## Academia Sinica and 中國醫藥大學 deepen biomedical research collaboration and join forces to pursue cutting-edge research

- Published: 2026-08-18T01:00:00+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 中央研究院
- Original: https://www.sinica.edu.tw/news_content/55/3921
- anchor: #n2074762
- Companies mentioned: 中央研究院、中國醫藥大學

Facts:
- Several researchers and academicians are already involved in the university's research and teaching

## 網傳「9月機車交通新制」圖卡冒用交通部LOGO，多數資訊都是舊制且夾雜錯誤資訊

- Published: 2026-09-07T19:12:29+09:00
- Source: Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心
- Original: https://tfc-taiwan.org.tw/fact-check-reports/september-scooter-traffic-rules
- anchor: #n2570772
- Companies mentioned: 交通部、公路局、台北市交通大隊、金管會、三立新聞網、風傳媒、總統府、臺中市政府警察局交通警察大隊

Facts:
- 12 new motorcycle traffic rules
- An average of 12,000 motorcycles have their license plates revoked each month
- Motorcycle riders face a fine of more than NT$15,000 and up to NT$120,000 if their alcohol concentration reaches 0.15 milligrams or more
- After the third offense, each subsequent offense incurs an additional fine of NT$90,000, with no upper limit
- A total of 209,000 cases across Taiwan have been referred for license plate revocation