騰訊

[Guangzhou = Itsuro Fujino] On the 12th, Tencent Holdings, a major internet service company in China, announced on the 12th that its net profit for the April-June period of 2026 was 56 billion yuan (approximately 1.3 trillion yen), an increase of 1% from the same period last year. Revenues from mainstay games and online advertising increased, but costs related to artificial intelligence (AI), which the company is focusing on, increased. Sales increased by 11% to 204.7 billion yuan. This is the 10th consecutive quarter of increased sales and profits. By business, sales of "value-added business" centered on games were