Takaichi Convenes First Intelligence Reform Panel Meeting
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi opened a closed-door session of a 17-member expert group tasked with strengthening Japan’s intelligence gathering and counter-espionage laws.
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Startups
Founders, funding, and the companies trying to break through.
Chiba Logistics Startup Reroutes Storm-Delayed Pharma Cold Chain
A Narita-area cold-chain startup rerouted 2–8°C oncology shipments through inland GDP hubs after Typhoon Dujuan stalled Keiyo corridor trucks, leaning on telemetry rules that treat storm delays like temperature excursions.
Rapidus Chitose Pilot Targets 2027 Mass Output After Cadence Design Tie-Up
Rapidus is wiring Cadence’s InnoStack AI agent into its Raads design stack as Chitose’s IIM-1 pilot line eyes mass 2nm output in fiscal 2027, chasing binding customer deals before TSMC-scale rivals lock schedules.
Kanazawa Fermentation Lab Secures Grant on Miso Aging Humidity Telemetry for Export Warehouses
A Kanazawa fermentation lab won a prefectural grant to instrument miso aging warehouses for export humidity telemetry, selling data subscriptions to trading houses that underwrite shelf-life clauses on overseas supermarket contracts.
Kyoto University Spinout Ships Microneedle Patch Sensors for Elderly Hydration Monitoring
A Kyoto University spinout raised a seed round for microneedle hydration sensors aimed at nursing homes, trading university lab equity for field trials that measure interstitial fluid without venipuncture and feed alerts to ward tablets.
Startups from around the world
Police Log 246 Cases as Fake Shop Ads on Instagram and TikTok Steal Card Details
Rahul Gandhi Released After Brief Detention During Barricaded March Toward Ashoka Road
Cambridge Quantum Sensing Startup Raises Seed Round for NHS Magnetometer Trials
Revolut Submits Updated UK Banking Licence Annex After PRA Capital Planning Queries
DeHaat Expands Warehouse Receipt Financing for Bihar Maize Harvest Traders
PhonePe Files Updated DRHP Sections on UPI Merchant Margin Disclosures
Hsinchu Lab Automation Startup Ships Sample Trackers to Japan Clinical Labs
Gogoro Adds Corporate Fleet Battery-Swap Billing for Taichung Delivery Couriers
Toss Opens Merchant APIs for Overseas Korean Grocery Pop-Ups Before Holiday Returns
Dunamu Unit Luniverse Tokenizes Jeju Resort Carbon Credits for Corporate Offsets
Lyka Expands Western Australia Cold-Chain Hubs as Pet-Food Subscriptions Surge
