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What Alayasiki actually is: reading Japan's domestic AI defense system through standards, data sovereignty and switch-off risk

On August 27, 2026, Skygate Technologies announced Alayasiki, a domestically developed AI defense system for Japan. It claims conformance with US MIL-STD and NATO APP/STANAG/ADatP, and operation in air-gapped environments. Here is what the system does, why standards conformance and data sovereignty are argued together, and what "switch-off risk" means — drawn from the press release and Japanese government materials.

2026-08-29Ryuta Hamamoto

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What the CIA Director's Moscow Trip Actually Signals

On 25 August 2026 the CIA director flew to Moscow unannounced. The reported purpose was a warning not to attack NATO. But what US intelligence is said to be worried about is not conventional war, and that distinction changes what companies should do about it.

2026-08-27Ryuta Hamamoto

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512 Days of Hormuz Transit Data | What a 91.6% Drop Looks Like

I aggregated 512 days of daily transit counts for the Strait of Hormuz. Before the closure, 84.8 vessels a day; after, 7.1. The collapse took three days. And the partial recovery that appeared in June had disappeared again by August.

2026-08-27Ryuta Hamamoto

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From Blacklist Screening to Proof of Origin | What Pax Silica and the Silicon Highway Change

Pax Silica grew to 24 signatories at its second summit in June 2026. The Silicon Highway, backed by up to $50 million, would move trusted cargo faster using cryptographic verification and pre-approval. Export control is shifting from screening names, to tracing ownership, to proving provenance.

2026-08-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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Three years of rare metal controls: why gallium cannot be sourced away from China, and where the alternatives actually stand

Three years on from China's gallium and germanium export controls, prices keep climbing and rare earth magnet shipments to Japan fell to 111 tonnes in July. Dependence has barely shifted, and the reason is structural: gallium is not mined on its own, it is a byproduct. Working from USGS primary statistics, here is the shape of the dependence, where alternative supply actually stands, and what a company can realistically do.

2026-08-21Ryuta Hamamoto

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The day humanoids stop selling in the US: how companies handling robots should read the FCC Covered List

On July 28, 2026, the FCC added foreign-produced advanced robotic devices to its Covered List. Chinese robots are getting the coverage, but the determination says "regardless of the nationality of origin" — which puts Japanese-made robots in the same bucket. Here is what is actually prohibited, what is not, the two exemption routes, and what companies handling robots should check.

2026-08-21Ryuta Hamamoto

AI Security

What Sakura Internet's Breach Disclosure Teaches Us | Designing for the Day Your Cloud Provider Is Compromised

In August 2026, Sakura Internet disclosed unauthorized access to its hosting environment and later to its sales management system. This is not a piece about what the company did wrong. It walks through why provider-side intrusions happen, what legal duties stay with the customer, and how to read the scope of an ISMAP registration before you rely on it.

2026-08-19Ryuta Hamamoto

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What "Economic Security Management" Means in Practice — 11 Cases from METI's Collection of What Companies Actually Did

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has published a collection of concrete corporate case studies on economic security. Where the guidelines said what companies should do, this one shows what other companies actually did, across 11 cases. From a plant that stopped for a day to a firm that built up inventory and won investor confidence for it. Here is the behavior-change framework it uses, and what financial institutions say they are really looking at.

2026-08-18Ryuta Hamamoto

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Toshiba and Prodrone Team Up on a Domestic Interceptor Drone — What "a Supply Chain Built on Domestic Parts" Actually Means

Toshiba and Prodrone announced a technical partnership on a domestically produced interceptor drone. The line worth reading twice is not about the aircraft. It is this: "We will build a supply chain based on domestic parts and establish a stable supply structure." Here is why a defense announcement spends a sentence on procurement, and what it means for anyone who supplies parts.

2026-08-18Ryuta Hamamoto

AI Security

Code You Cannot See: GlassWorm and the End of "Review Will Catch It"

GlassWorm hides executable code inside Unicode characters that render as nothing at all. It spread through VS Code extensions, self-propagating with stolen credentials, and reached 35,800 installs. Here is why the characters are invisible, where you step on them, and how to defend once visual review no longer works.

2026-08-13Ryuta Hamamoto

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Michibiki No. 7 Reached Orbit. The Constellation Is Still Five Years Away

On 11 August 2026 an H3 rocket placed Michibiki No. 7 into its planned orbit. The seven-satellite constellation is not complete: No. 5 was lost, and the target is now FY2031. What sustained positioning means, what six centimetres changes, and why 15.3% energy and 37% food self-sufficiency belong in the same conversation.

2026-08-13Ryuta Hamamoto

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A Royal Navy Sea Drone Was Calling China: Before You Say "Backdoor"

Cameras on the K3 Scout, an uncrewed vessel operated by the Royal Navy, were found communicating with an IP address in China. The MoD says the traffic was heartbeat signals only and that no sensitive data was transferred. Here is what the story actually is, what a heartbeat is, and why the same thing happens with no malice involved at all.

2026-08-12Ryuta Hamamoto