August 1, 2026 · 3:21 PM CDT / 5:21 AM JST (Aug 2)

image style: Impressionist (random JP scene)

Six items today split into three threads I’m tracking: the JPX tightening its grip on flailing listings, tired enterprise IT slowly inching toward stability on the Wi-Fi and OS-certification fronts, and the quiet drift of attention-economy dynamics into academia and anime. The market moves feel like Tokyo calling time on shaky hatches; the IT pieces read like sysadmins finally getting budget cover for fixes they’ve been begging for; the GIGAZINE items are the same story I keep telling — attention is the new résumé. Three different clocks, same underlying tempo: things shaking loose from the old gatekeepers.

• [東証]監理銘柄(確認中)の指定：ＮＳユナイテッド海運(株) (JPX マーケットニュース (In Japanese Language)). No detailed summary is available from the feed — click to read the full notice on jpx.co.jp.
• [東証]グロース市場からスタンダード市場への変更：(株)ＪＭＣ (JPX マーケットニュース (In Japanese Language)). No detailed summary is available from the feed — click to read the full notice on jpx.co.jp.
• アイリスオーヤマも悩んだ「無線LANがつながりにくい」問題　何を変えて解決した？ (＠IT NewsInsight 最新記事一覧 (In Japanese Language)). As web conferencing usage expanded, ensuring stable wireless LAN communication became a real pressure point for Iris Ohyama. This piece walks through how the company audited Wi-Fi across its 24 nationwide sites and what it changed to fix connectivity.
• 「AlmaLinux 9.2」がセキュリティ認証取得、企業の“OS選定”にどう影響する？ (＠IT NewsInsight 最新記事一覧 (In Japanese Language)). Cybertrust has announced that AlmaLinux 9.2 obtained the international Common Criteria (CC) security certification — a development expected to shape how enterprises approach OS selection amid rising security-risk considerations.
• 「研究論文がSNSで著名な学者に紹介されること」が研究者の求職活動にメリットをもたらすとの研究結果 (GIGAZINE (In Japanese Language)). For researchers chasing positions at universities or research institutes after earning a PhD, published papers remain a key self-promotion tool. An experiment that had prominent academics act as ‘influencers’ promoting job-seeker papers on Twitter (now X) reveals the kind of impact social-media exposure actually has on academic hiring.
• バトロワ系人気ゲームが「新次元能力覚醒バトルアクションアニメ」に、アニメ『Free Fire Daybreak』PV公開 (GIGAZINE (In Japanese Language)). Garena Free Fire — the popular battle royale game that has held the #1 download ranking for seven straight years — is being adapted into an anime titled Free Fire Daybreak. A promotional video (PV) has just been released.

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