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New capabilities supercharge proactive risk management, threat modeling, attack path prediction, and actionable insights DALLAS , Feb. 25, 2025 -- Trend Micro Incorporated (TSE: 4704) has launched a breakthrough AI Agent designed to change the way enterprises approach cyber risk. Today's announcement introduces Trend Cybertron, the industry's first specialized cybersecurity large language model (LLM) designed to drive proactive security outcomes. Using the most precise local risk assessments and deepest global threat intelligence in the industry, the new AI engine predicts and prevents threats across an organization's entire attack surface in any environment. Trend Cybertron combines the reasoning capabilities of Agentic AI with 35 years of data, threat intel, and human expertise to build a vastly capable cybersecurity agent.  Eva Chen , CEO: "Trend is building a cybersecurity AI agent unlike any other. We're bringing together a massive quanti...

 

 

 

 

 

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Fri 28 Feb 2025 27.32 (+19.15% +4.39)  

Nikkei 225 Summary Nikkei dives 1,100 points led by autos & chipmakers as tariffs starts next week for Mexico & Canada - Fri 28 Feb 2025 Automaker Toyota and chipmaker Advantest lead losses today, tracking Nvidia's overnight slump of 8.4%. As tariffs for Canada & Mexico starts next week, it will impact Japanese manufacturers like Toyota which produces vehicles for export to North America from Mexico. Investors worried about the escalating trade war sold off stocks on high volume to protect their portfolios. Meanwhile, the Fed’s preferred inflation indicator, the US Core Personal Consumption Expenditures price index (PCE) increased 0.3% for Jan and was at 2.6% on a yearly basis, inline with expectations; Wall Street opened higher, staging a mild recovery from recent selloffs. Nikkei225  37,155.50 (-1,100.67 -2.88%) 20 up 203 down 2 flat JGB 10YR   1.381% (-0.011)                 USD/JPY...

Topix - Fri 28 Feb 2025 Topix   2,682.09 (-54.16 -1.98%)  

JREIT Index - Fri 28 Feb 2025 JREIT   1,700.49 (-0.80 -0.05%)  

 

[Yokohama, Japan and Milpitas, Calif., February 26, 2025] -- Socionext, a leading global company developing system-on-chip (SoC) for data centers, AI, and automotive sectors, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Google Quantum AI. Together, the two companies will develop controller SoCs for Google Quantum AI’s next-generation quantum computing system. Socionext has a long history in semiconductor technology and development. In this new partnership focused on quantum computing system controllers, Socionext will utilize its expertise to deliver high-precision, high-quality semiconductor products that will contribute to Google Quantum AI’s quantum computing system and drive technological innovation.  

 

 

 

 

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Thu 27 Feb 2025 22.93 (-9.15% -2.31)  

Nikkei 225 Summary Nikkei edges up on Nvidia earnings beat; 7-eleven sinks as management fails to raise buyout funds - Thu 27 Feb 2025 Most chipmakers edge up today on Nvidia's Q4 earnings beat led by Disco. Socionext, a fabless System-on-Chip (SoC) supplier surged 12.69% after announcing a strategic partnership with Google Quantum AI. Seven & I Holdings, operator of 7-eleven convenience stores sinks 11.69% after founding Ito family fails to raise funds from Itochu and thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group to fend off the takeover bid of 47 billion from Canadian firm, Alimentation Couche-Tard. Meanwhile, US President Trump has indicated that tariffs on Canada and Mexico will start on 4 Mar next week, adding stress to an already uptight market . Nikkei225  38,256.17 (+113.80 +0.30%) 173 up 50 down 2 flat JGB 10YR   1.411% (+0.044)                  USD/JPY    149.55 (+0.48 ...

Topix - Thu 27 Feb 2025 Topix   2,736.25 (+19.85 +0.73%)  

JREIT Index - Thu 27 Feb 2025 JREIT   1,701.29 (+2.03 +0.12%)  

 

ANAHD will place new orders for a total of 77 new aircraft, including 68 confirmed orders and 9 options for small and medium size aircraft. ANAHD will order 18 Boeing 787-9 aircraft to expand international routes, an area of future growth. Twenty technologically advanced regional jets will be introduced for the first time for domestic routes to flexibly meet supply and demand. Three Airbus A321XLR aircraft capable of medium to long-haul operations will be ordered for Peach operations. TOKYO, Feb. 25, 2025 - ANA Holdings, Inc. (President and CEO: Koji Shibata; hereinafter "ANAHD") today announced the decision to order 77 aircraft at the board of directors meeting. In anticipation of future growth in passenger demand, including strong inbound demand, ANAHD has decided to proactively introduce competitive, technologically advanced aircraft for sustainable growth over the medium to long term. This will be achi...

 

 

 

 

 

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Wed 26 Feb 2025 25.24 (+6.81% +1.61)   

Nikkei 225 Summary Nikkei slips as chipmakers lead losses over new US export restrictions; Nvidia Q4 earnings awaits - Wed 26 Feb 2025 Chipmakers lead losses over concern of new US export restrictions on chip technology services to China. Banks also slipped as bond yields fall from recent highs amid a strengthening yen. Investors are now hoping for good news from Nvidia's earnings call tonight as this can make or break the market. Nikkei225  38,142.37 (-95.42 -0.25%) 111 up 112 down 2 flat JGB 10YR   1.367% (-0.0098)                  USD/JPY    149.37 (+0.34 +0.23%)     

Topix - Wed 26 Feb 2025 Topix   2,716.40 (-8.30 -0.30%)  

JREIT Index - Wed 26 Feb 2025 JREIT   1,699.26 (+11.29 +0.67%)  

 

Creating Collaboration in an “Ever Evolving City" It was from the stage of the CES 2025 in Las Vegas that Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda announced the completion of building construction at Toyota Woven City – from the very spot where in 2018, he declared Toyota’s goal to transform into a mobility company, and in 2020, shared with the world his intention to develop Woven City, a test course for mobility. After a groundbreaking in 2021, buildings for the first phase of the project were completed in October 2024, and we have been busy preparing for the official launch planned for the fall of 2025, which will see the first residents move in. “For me, at its core, Woven City is about collaboration… it's about the opportunity to weave together diverse points of view, talents and abilities… to create a new kind of fabric for our future – a future where we hope to not only move people… but move hearts,” said chairman Toyoda at the CES press conference on...

 

 

 

 

 

Nikkei 225 Volatility Index - Tue 25 Feb 2025 23.63 (+12.20% +2.57)  

Nikkei 225 Summary Buffett's Japan trading houses lead gainers; Nikkei falls as Trump tariffs kicks in next week for Canada & Mexico - Tue 25 Feb 2025 Nikkei falls as Trump tariffs looks set to kick in next week for US neighbors Canada & Mexico, possibly impacting more countries from April. Legendary investor Warren Buffett has indicated in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday that he intends to increase his investments in Japan's five large trading houses: Mitsubishi Corp, Mitsui & Co, Sumitomo Corp, Itochu Corp and Marubeni Corp., leading to a surge in their stock prices today. Leading losses were chipmakers Tokyo Electron and Advantest as the US works to impose more restrictions on ally Japan for their chip technology services to China. Nikkei225  38,237.79 (-539.15 -1.39%) 113 up 110 down 2 flat JGB 10YR   1.376% (-0.0511)              USD/JPY    149.73 (...

Topix - Tue 25 Feb 2025 Topix   2,724.70 (-11.83 -0.43%)  

JREIT Index - Tue 25 Feb 2025 JREIT   1,687.97 (+5.61 +0.33%)  

 

- Rakuten’s fine-tuned Mixture of Experts LLM and first SLM aim to accelerate Japan’s AI development with best-in-class scores Tokyo – Rakuten Group, Inc. has announced the release of both Rakuten AI 2.0, the company’s first Japanese large language model (LLM) based on a Mixture of Experts (MoE) *1  architecture, and Rakuten AI 2.0 mini, the company’s first small language model (SLM). Both models were unveiled in December 2024, and after further fine-tuning, Rakuten has released Rakuten AI 2.0 foundation *2 and instruct models *3 along with Rakuten AI 2.0 mini foundation and instruct models to empower companies and professionals developing AI applications.  Rakuten AI 2.0 is an 8x7B MoE model based on the Rakuten AI 7B model released in March 2024. This MoE model is comprised of eight 7 billion parameter models, each as a separate expert. Each individual token is sent to the two most relevant experts, as decided by the router. The experts and router a...