The Publishing Department of the Graduate School of Project Design, Advanced Education Institute (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Risa Tanaka) released the August 2026 issue of "Monthly Project Design," a specialized magazine for corporate revitalization, regional development, and innovation, on July 1 (Wed). https://www.projectdesign.jp/202608 [Main Feature] Establishing Businesses that Coexist with AI – Creating Reliable Systems Artificial intelligence (AI) has become widely used in society since the advent of large language models (LLMs) capable of understanding and generating human language with high sophistication. The "secure, rapid, and efficient deployment of AI" was also on the agenda at the G7 Evian Summit in June. Japan's approach, based on the AI Act fully enforced in 2025, is to "promote AI research and development and utilization, ensure safety and transparency, and build a trustworthy AI society." This issue introduces various businesses exploring the creation of future ventures by leveraging their strengths and AI, as well as the initiatives of the government, academia, and others supporting them. ● Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Challenge to 'AI for Science' / Takashi Toyoda, Director for Strategic Planning, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ● Supporting AI Implementation in Fields with Significant Social Impact / Tatsuhiko Miyata, General Manager, AI Transformation Promotion Department, Telecom & Utility Solutions Division, Hitachi Systems & Services, Ltd. ● Supporting AI Implementation with Robust Guardrails / Yosuke Okada, Representative Director, CEO & Founder, ABEJA Inc. ● AI Manages Risks Based on Abundant Data / Yudai Tsuda, Representative Director, CEO, Resilire Inc. ● Japan's Soft Power Depicted Through RPG Technology / Hajime Tabata, Representative Director, JP UNIVERSE Inc. And more [Regional Feature] Toyama Prefecture – Towards a "Region