Farewell to H-2A: A Final Flight and a New Beginning Japan’s workhorse H-2A rocket concluded nearly 25 years of service with its 50th and final launch on June 28, 2025, carrying the GOSAT-GW climate-monitoring satellite into orbit space.com space.com. Debuting in 2001, the H-2A achieved a 98% success rate (49 successes in 50 missions) –…
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Regulatory Authorities: Who Governs Drones in Japan? Japan’s drone regulations are primarily overseen by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), specifically through the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) uavcoach.com. MLIT/JCAB serves as the national aviation authority, handling drone registration, setting safety rules, and issuing flight permissions caldwelllaw.com. In addition to MLIT, other…
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Major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Market Share Japan’s internet market is served by a mix of former incumbents and new entrants, with a few major providers dominating subscriber share. The top ISPs for fixed internet access include both traditional telecom companies and cable operators. The leading providers (by market share of internet subscriptions) are…
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Fujitsu Launches 10,000+ Qubit Project in Japan Fujitsu’s Ambitious Roadmap: Kicking off August with a blockbuster announcement, Fujitsu unveiled plans to build a superconducting quantum computer with over 10,000 qubits by fiscal 2030 global.fujitsu. The NEDO-backed project aims to achieve 250 logical qubits by 2030 using Fujitsu’s new “STAR” early fault-tolerant architecture, and to integrate…
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Hardware and Chips 🚀 Intel’s Massive Restructuring: Chip giant Intel confirmed sweeping layoffs of around 24,000 employees – roughly one-quarter of its workforce – as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan slashes projects and retreats from costly expansions theverge.com theverge.com. Intel is even halting planned “mega-fab” chip factories in Germany and Poland amid the belt-tightening. “I do…
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High-speed internet beaming down from space is no longer science fiction – it’s a booming reality. SpaceX’s Starlink may have pioneered this orbital broadband revolution, but a swarm of new mega-constellations is hot on its heels. In 2025, a new space race is underway as tech giants, startups, and governments worldwide scramble to launch thousands…
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Move Over, Cable – 5G Home Internet is Taking the Fast Lane: Not long ago, the idea of ditching your cable or fiber line for home internet sounded far-fetched. But the rapid rise of 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) internet is turning the broadband market on its head – and it’s happening much faster than…
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Are internet plans too expensive? Many Americans suspect they are – and the data backs it up. In 2024, the median U.S. household paid about $85 per month for broadband service nexttv.com, up from roughly $76 just two years prior. That puts the United States among the most expensive nations for internet access – the average U.S. broadband bill (around…
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A Global Broadband Transformation is Underway The world’s internet infrastructure is undergoing a revolutionary upgrade in 2025. Fiber-optic networks are rapidly expanding across both developed and emerging markets, delivering multi-gigabit speeds and unprecedented reliability. At the same time, artificial intelligence (AI) is being infused into network operations, making internet services smarter and more efficient. Together,…
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Introduction: A Dynamic Landscape in 2024–2025 Content marketing in 2025 is evolving faster than ever, fueled by technological leaps and changing consumer behavior. Far from slowing down, investment in content marketing continues to grow – nearly half of enterprise marketers surveyed plan to increase content budgets for 2025 contentmarketinginstitute.com. Why? Because content remains critical at…
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