AI News 180m Report

2026-09-18 03:00–06:00 JST

150 received, 145 listed, 19 sources ・ Page 2 of 2

One place for news and notices from 2 countries/regions: Japan, 76 items from 9 sources; Taiwan, 69 items from 10 sources.

One edition every 180 minutes: every item from every source received in the period, with the original link.

Japan | 消費者庁 (continued)(7)

紀ノ国屋 ロールキャベツ by 紀ノ國屋 (directly operated stores) — Refund/recall

Published ・ Source Japan | 消費者庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Response start date: September 12, 2026

Companies mentioned:紀ノ國屋

元氣塩1kg by 青い海 — Exchange/recall

Published ・ Source Japan | 消費者庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Response start date: Sept. 11, 2026

Companies mentioned:青い海

Passenger cars (BMW 330e, 530e iPerformance, 740e iPerformance) — Repair

Published ・ Source Japan | 消費者庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Aug. 26, 2026

Companies mentioned:BMW

Passenger car (シボレー コルベット) — Repair

Published ・ Source Japan | 消費者庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Response start date: 2026/08/20

Companies mentioned:シボレー、コルベット

Japan | 国土交通省(7)

Holding a Symposium on the Wider Adoption of AI and Robotics in the Shipbuilding Industry! — Exploring the Future of Shipbuilding in Light of the Latest Trends in AI and Robotics

Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 13:30–17:30
  • The application deadline is September 30, 2026.

Companies mentioned:国立研究開発法人海上・港湾・航空技術研究所、海上技術安全研究所、株式会社日本能率協会コンサルティング、ジャパンマリンユナイテッド株式会社、ソフトバンクロボティクス株式会社、株式会社日立製作所、川崎重工業株式会社

Original自主改善の実施について (本田技研工業株式会社 モータアッセンブリとモータケース)

Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Total: 20 units
  • 580W rated output

Companies mentioned:本田技研工業株式会社

Publication of recall notifications involving a small number of vehicles (August, Reiwa 8)

Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • There were 9 recall notifications in August, Reiwa 8.
  • Fewer than 100 vehicles subject to recall

Companies mentioned:株式会社ロジスネクスト、ヤンマーアグリ株式会社、エム・エス・ケー農業機械株式会社、ゼネラルモーターズ・ジャパン株式会社、極東開発工業株式会社、株式会社パブコ、スカニアジャパン株式会社

Recall notification (BMW BMW 330e and other models)

Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省

Summary not yet available

Companies mentioned:ビー・エム・ダブリュー株式会社、BMW、バイエリシェ モトーレン ヴェルケ社

Deliberations on future road policies — Meeting of the 90th Basic Policy Subcommittee of the Road Subcommittee, Council for Social Infrastructure Development

Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Date and time: Friday, September 25, Reiwa 8, 13:00–15:00
  • OriginalWEB傍聴を希望される方は9月18日(金)16:00までに以下のフォームにてご登録ください。

Companies mentioned:Microsoft

Reiwa 8, Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Development Promotion Survey Fund: Call for Proposals for the 3rd Round — Supporting studies on the commercialization of infrastructure projects undertaken jointly by the private sector and local governments

Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • [Reiwa 8 Budget] 332 million yen (national funds)
  • Subsidy rate: up to 1/2

Companies mentioned:国土交通省

Comprehensive Construction Statistics (July, Reiwa 8)

Published ・ Source Japan | 国土交通省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Original7 月の出来高総計は、 5兆 1,662 億円
  • (up 5.5% year on year)
  • Original民間の出来高総計 3兆 2,873 億円
  • (up 7.5% year on year)
  • Original公共の出来高総計 1兆 8,790 億円
  • (up 2.2% year on year)

Companies mentioned:国土交通省

Taiwan | 內政部消防署(7)

[Auto repair shop fire] [Fire at 凱帝汽車自動變速箱專修店 on the third section of Jieshou Road, Sanxia District, New Taipei City, at 04:09 on the 17th; extinguished, no casualties] Preliminary/final report

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Burned area approximately 250 square meters
  • The fire department dispatched 63 vehicles
  • The fire department dispatched... 163 personnel

Companies mentioned:凱帝汽車自動變速箱專修店

【Government Vehicle Accident】Initial (final) report

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • 18:50 on the 15th
  • 21:20 on the 15th
  • 22:21 on the same day
  • Patient (male, 61 years old)

Companies mentioned:嘉義縣消防局、臺中榮民總醫院嘉義分院、天主教中華聖母修女會天主教聖馬爾定醫院大雅院區

[Residential fire] [Fire at a residence on Shuiyuan Street, Section 1, Tamsui District, New Taipei City, at 15:17 on the 16th; extinguished, no casualties] Preliminary/final report

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Burned area: approximately 100 square meters
  • The fire department dispatched 26 vehicles and 70 personnel

[School fire] [Fire in the audiovisual classroom on the 2nd floor of 饒明國小, No. 131, Yuanji Road, Section 2, Yuanlin City, Changhua County, at 17:09 on the 16th; extinguished, no casualties] Preliminary/final report

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Burned area approximately 20 square meters

Companies mentioned:饒明國小、教育部校安中心

[Airport fire] [Fire in an electrical distribution box at a construction site on the 1st floor of 桃園機場's Phase Three terminal at 16:15 on the 16th; extinguished, no casualties] Preliminary/final report

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Report received at 16:15
  • Arrived at the scene at 16:55; the fire had been extinguished by personnel at the scene
  • 消防局 dispatched 1 vehicle and 2 personnel
  • Burned area about 5 square meters

Companies mentioned:桃園機場、消防局、行政院國土安全辦公室、行政院災害防救辦公室、交通部

[News monitoring—chemical leak] [中時新聞網 report: "Raw materials leak at Xinzhuang chemical plant, causing an overpowering odor; fire department urges people to close windows"] Final report

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • The fire department dispatched 17 vehicles and 57 personnel
  • The environmental protection authority initially assessed the leaked substance as hydrofluoric acid, with a reading of 10 ppm

Companies mentioned:和基化工原料有限公司

[Factory-office building fire] [Fire at the factory-office building of 日發電化股份有限公司 on Zhongxing Road, Xizhi District, New Taipei City, at 22:32 on the 16th; firefighting underway, no casualties] Preliminary report

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 內政部消防署

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • 8-story reinforced-concrete building
  • The fire department dispatched 38 vehicles and 92 personnel
  • The 7th floor was fully engulfed in flames

Companies mentioned:日發電化股份有限公司

Taiwan | 中央社 CNA(6)

Lower oil prices ease pressure on bond markets; US stocks post their best single-day performance in 6 weeks

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • 道瓊工業指數 rose 316.14 points, or 0.61%
  • Closed at 51778.04 points
  • 標普500指數 surged 85.95 points, or 1.14%
  • Closed at 7637.76 points
  • 那斯達克綜合指數 climbed 439.87 points, or 1.69%
  • Closing at 26,418.30 points
  • 費城半導體指數 jumped 353.38 points, or 3.14%
  • Closed at 11599.49 points

Companies mentioned:道瓊工業指數、標普500指數、那斯達克綜合指數、費城半導體指數

Investors keep a close watch on Middle East supply; international oil prices continue to fall

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Closed at $104.82 a barrel
  • Closed at $101.91 a barrel

Companies mentioned:沙烏地阿拉伯、葉門叛軍、路透社、布倫特、美國西德州中級原油

British king warns that misuse of AI could pose an existential threat; Jensen Huang urges industry to be responsibly optimistic

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Kamnok, 17 (compiled from foreign news reports)

Companies mentioned:輝達、Google DeepMind、OpenAI、Anthropic

Trump: Progress on establishing a permanent 美軍 base in 波蘭

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • After Russia's full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in 2022

Companies mentioned:美國、波蘭、北大西洋公約組織、美國戰爭部、美軍

Original歐盟執委10月赴北京會中國商務部長 拚化解貿易緊張

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Original歐盟2025年對中國的貨品貿易逆差約達3600億歐元
  • Original歐盟2025年對中國的貨品貿易逆差約達3600億歐元(約新台幣13兆1773億元)

Companies mentioned:歐盟、歐盟執行委員會、中國、中國商務部、王文濤、塞夫柯維奇、Maros Sefcovic、吉爾、Olof Gill、范德賴恩、Ursula von der Leyen

Hsieh Tien-lin and Hsieh Hsin-lung ordered detained by court over alleged vote-buying at Changhua County Council dinner

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央社 CNA

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Bail set at 1 million
  • Each released on bail of 300,000
  • Searches conducted at 9 locations

Companies mentioned:彰化縣議會、台灣彰化地方檢察署、台灣彰化地方法院

Japan | 金融庁(4)

Decision on an order to pay an administrative monetary penalty for market manipulation involving shares of ベースフード(株) and 2 other issues

Published ・ Source Japan | 金融庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Administrative monetary penalty payable: 6.27 million yen

Companies mentioned:ベースフード(株)

Decision on an order to pay an administrative monetary penalty for omissions in securities reports by (株)I-ne

Published ・ Source Japan | 金融庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Administrative monetary penalty payable: 6 million yen

Companies mentioned:(株)I-ne

Decision on an order to pay an administrative monetary penalty for false statements in quarterly reports and other filings by ENECHANGE Co., Ltd.

Published ・ Source Japan | 金融庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Administrative monetary penalty payable: 91.495 million yen

Companies mentioned:ENECHANGE(株)

Decision on an order to pay an administrative monetary penalty for insider trading in shares of (株)グッドスピード by a person who received information from an officer of a share issuer involved in a tender offer or similar transaction

Published ・ Source Japan | 金融庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Administrative monetary penalty payable: 6.56 million yen

Companies mentioned:(株)グッドスピード

Japan | 厚生労働省(4)

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Ueno will hold a press conference after the Cabinet meeting

Published ・ Source Japan | 厚生労働省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • 15:20メド~
  • 03-3595-2570

Companies mentioned:厚生労働記者会

Summary of proceedings of the 12th Working Group on the Introduction of Online Claims and Other Matters for Judo Therapy Treatment Expenses (July 8, 2026)

Published ・ Source Japan | 厚生労働省

Summary not yet available

Notice of the 78th Meeting of the Supervisory Organization Review Subcommittee, Human Resources Development Subcommittee, Labor Policy Council

Published ・ Source Japan | 厚生労働省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • 78th
  • Thursday, September 24, Reiwa 8
  • 10:00~

We have released the Tomoiku Sheet Web version, a dialogue tool for building an optimal system of cooperation in household chores and child-rearing.

Published ・ Source Japan | 厚生労働省

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Friday, September 11, 2026

Companies mentioned:厚生労働省

Taiwan | 鉅亨網(3)

Fed resumes rate-hike cycle! Stronger dollar weighs on global currencies; countries' room to cut rates may be squeezed

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • 歐洲央行 (ECB) raised rates by 1 quarter-point (25 basis points) last week
  • 10-year US Treasury yield approaches 5%

Companies mentioned:美國聯準會、Fed、穆迪分析、Moody's Analytics、Mark Zandi、貝萊德、BlackRock、Navin Saigal、歐洲央行、ECB、摩根大通資產管理公司、J.P. Morgan Asset Management、日本銀行、BOJ、摩根大通、Tai Hui、印度央行、RBI、嘉信理財、Charles Schwab、Liz Ann Sonders

Even Wall Street can't figure it out! As the US-Iran war drags on, 摩根大通 admits for the first time that it can't read the oil market

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Oil prices have climbed back above $100 a barrel
  • US gasoline prices remain above $4 a gallon
  • Diesel has hit a record high of more than $6 a gallon
  • The 10-year US Treasury yield has also broken above 5%
  • Daily transport capacity reaches 7 million barrels
  • Global crude oil and refined-product inventories have fallen by about 555 million barrels
  • Global oil demand is more than 4 million barrels per day below the same period last year

Companies mentioned:摩根大通、伊朗革命衛隊、葉門胡塞武裝、沙國、伊拉克民兵、布蘭特原油、西德州原油

“Should we completely destroy them?” Trump signals major decision on the US-Iran war is imminent

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 鉅亨網

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Meets with leaders of 6 Gulf countries, including 沙國, 阿拉伯聯合大公國, 卡達, 巴林, 科威特 and 阿曼

Companies mentioned:Axios、美國、伊朗、沙國、阿拉伯聯合大公國、卡達、巴林、科威特、阿曼、以色列、德黑蘭、尼坦雅胡

Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心(3)

“Contactless” fraudulent charges on physical credit cards are extremely difficult; no similar cases have been reported domestically so far

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Report No.: 4318

Companies mentioned:台灣數位安全發展協會、永豐、台新、國泰、Point Predictive、大通銀行

Video circulating online claiming “toothpaste is made entirely from cow bones” is AI-generated and grossly exaggerated

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Originally developed by 美國太空總署(NASA) in the 1970s
  • In 2021, a research team used sardine bones as raw material

Companies mentioned:高露潔、舒酸定、美國太空總署、NASA、FDA、美國牙科協會、WebMD、Hive Moderation、Image Whisperer、TikTok

The “8 post-meal taboos” circulating online are mostly exaggerated claims with no medical basis

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 台灣事實查核中心

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Low-intensity exercise 15 to 30 minutes after a meal

Companies mentioned:中國解放軍醫院、國際平衡醫學會、國際自然醫學院、全美中醫藥研究院、恩主公醫院、土城醫院

Taiwan | 國家科學及技術委員會(2)

2026 Future Technology Museum opens in grand style, linking research achievements with industry needs

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家科學及技術委員會

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • More than 800 research and development experts
  • 173 groundbreaking research achievements
  • More than 50 one-on-one technology matchmaking sessions booked
  • More than 400 companies also visited on the first day
  • Next year’s (116) science and technology budget will hit a record high of 1,823億元 (excluding defense)
  • Growth of about 9.47% compared with year 115
  • This year, 84 achievements with scientific innovation and industrial application potential were selected from hundreds of competing technologies

Companies mentioned:國科會、中研院、教育部、衛福部、運動部、國家太空中心(TASA)、國家災害防救科技中心(NCDR)、國家實驗研究院、國家同步輻射研究中心、晶創臺灣方案

2026 Taiwan-Germany Semiconductor Cooperation Achievements Exchange Symposium continues to deepen scientific and technological cooperation

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 國家科學及技術委員會

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • A total of 23 research projects have now received grants
  • More than 100 people attended in total

Companies mentioned:國家科學及技術委員會(NSTC)、德國聯邦研究、科技及太空部(The Ministry for Research, Technology and Space, BMFTR)、慕尼黑理工大學(TU Munich)、Leibniz Data Center、Fraunhofer AISEC、MPI Quantum Optics研究中心、英飛凌(Infineon Technologies)、BMW、台積電、西門子(Siemens AG)、埃爾朗根-紐倫堡大學(FAU)、弗朗恩霍夫積體系統研究所(Fraunhofer IIS)、陽明交通大學

Japan | 日本銀行(1)

Flow of Funds Accounts (Preliminary) (2nd quarter of 2026)

Published ・ Source Japan | 日本銀行

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • PDF 651KB
  • PDF 953KB

Companies mentioned:日本銀行

Japan | 消防庁(1)

Original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34報・R8.9.11更新)

Published ・ Source Japan | 消防庁

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Deaths, of whom, total

Companies mentioned:富山県、石川県、福井県、東京都、岐阜県、愛知県、三重県、鳥取県、鹿児島県、沖縄県、名古屋市、羽咋市、福島県、大分県

Taiwan | 金融監督管理委員會(1)

陽信商業銀行 was found to have deficiencies in its email marketing operations that could hinder sound business operations; it is ordered to make corrections pursuant to Article 61-1, Paragraph 1 of the Banking Act.

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 金融監督管理委員會

Summary not yet available

Companies mentioned:陽信商業銀行

Taiwan | 中央研究院(1)

Announcement of approved 116年度 new institution-wide core facilities and innovative instrument projects

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 中央研究院

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • A total of 19 applications were submitted for the 116年度 new institution-wide core facilities and innovative instrument projects
  • A total of 14 projects were approved by resolution of the institute's Core Facilities and Innovative Instrument Projects Review Meeting

Companies mentioned:中研院、生物化學研究所、基因體研究中心、植物暨微生物學研究所、生物多樣性研究中心、化學研究所、農業生物科技研究中心、生物醫學科學研究所、物理研究所、應用科學研究中心

Taiwan | 風傳媒(1)

Why pay 18,000 yuan in fees after attending university for just 1 day? Refunds aren't simply up to the school to decide: A guide to refund rules for withdrawals and leaves of absence

Published ・ Source Taiwan | 風傳媒

Summary not yet available

Facts

  • Still responsible for 18,682 yuan
  • 2/3 of tuition and miscellaneous fees refunded
  • 1/3 of tuition and miscellaneous fees refunded

Companies mentioned:弘光科技大學、教育部、自由時報

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