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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2019

U.S. and U.K. to ink deal to get data faster from tech firms about terrorism and child abuse cases

The United States and the United Kingdom are seizing on Facebook Inc.'s plan to apply end-to-end encryption across its messaging services to press for major changes to a practice long opposed by law enforcement, saying it hinders the fight against child abuse and terrorism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 3, 2019

Twitter in midst of fixing outage that hit thousands globally

Twitter Inc. said it was in the process of fixing a worldwide outage on its microblogging website and dashboard management platform TweetDeck, which had affected thousands of users for several hours on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2019

Japan firms fight the frugal retail psyche with AI-driven pricing and other tricks

After years of soggy inflation and a long reign by Japan's tightfisted shoppers, businesses are adopting new methods to lift prices, from artificial intelligence to simple packaging tweaks.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 30, 2019

Say bad thing, read boilerplate apology: Japan, we can do better

A joke about her skin hasn't bothered Naomi Osaka, but there are broader ramifications from such kind of comedy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 28, 2019

SoftBank plans to pull in former Sprint boss Marcelo Claure to help fix WeWork's problems

SoftBank Group Corp. is tapping Marcelo Claure to help turn around WeWork, after ousting co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Adam Neumann from the corner office last week.
Japan Times
Thailand report 2019
Sep 25, 2019

Achieving success in Thailand through innovation and collaboration

UBE Industries Ltd. has been driving innovation for over 120 years. Headquartered in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the company focuses on chemicals and plastics, specialty chemicals and products, pharmaceuticals, cement and construction materials, machinery and metal products, energy and the environment....
Japan Times
Sep 24, 2019

mikeneco Corp. “business succession support” has been approved as management innovation plan by tokyo metropolitan government

mikeneco Corp. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo/ CEO; Shohei Niizato) new service “business succession support” has been approved as management innovation plan on 4th July,2019.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2019

Trump Organization turns over 3,376 pages to Manhattan D.A. probing hush-money payments, but no tax returns

The Trump Organization has given 3,376 pages of documents to New York state prosecutors probing whether the company falsified business records related to hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Slovakia report 2019
Sep 24, 2019

Japan and Slovakia reaffirm confidence in common future

Four years after the 1989 Velvet Revolution that ended one-party communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic formalized the dissolution on Jan. 1, 1993, the culmination of a difficult, but peaceful, process dubbed the Velvet Divorce. Twenty-six years after attaining independence,...
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Slovakia report 2019
Sep 24, 2019

Kvant: Growing with laser-light precision

Founded in 1995, Kvant produces customized laser systems for advertising, art and entertainment purposes. Having built a strong reputation over nearly 25 years, the Slovakian company exports its products to 60 countries, including the United States and Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 22, 2019

Young climate activists seek step up from street protests to political table

Young climate change activists demanded a greater role in decision-making Saturday as they met leaders at U.N. headquarters, saying that their growing voice on the streets has yet to earn them a seat at the political table.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2019

British travel agency Thomas Cook seeks U.K. government's help to secure bailout funds

Thomas Cook Group PLC, a British travel agency, has approached the U.K. government for a bailout in an attempt to save itself from collapse after its lenders threatened to pull out of a proposed rescue deal, the Financial Times reported late Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2019

Sony explains reasons for rejection of plan to spin off semiconductor business

Sony Corp. has clarified why it rejected a proposal by the U.S. hedge fund Third Point LLC that the electronics and entertainment giant spin off its semiconductor business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2019

How Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa went from defiant to fired in 24 hours

Hiroto Saikawa's tone bordered on defiant on Sept. 8 when discussing his future as chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co. He accepted responsibility for the Carlos Ghosn scandals and said he'd resign after a successor was found, but he wasn't taking the fall for a burgeoning controversy over his...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2019

Website of Japan's new 78-year-old IT minister offline for months, raising questions over his tech acumen

The official website of new Japanese information technology minister Naokazu Takemoto has been unviewable for the past few months, raising concerns among social media users over his ability to handle the portfolio, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2019

Gone in 146 seconds: Japan's investors race to buy SoftBank bonds

Monex Group Inc.'s online brokerage sold out ¥500 million ($4.6 million) of SoftBank Group Corp. bonds to individual Japanese investors in less than three minutes earlier this week, a sign of strong demand for the conglomerate's debt despite skepticism about some of the company's recent investments....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2019

Typhoon Faxai raises questions about Japan's train schedule management and the fragility of its infrastructure

The chaos caused by the storm continued to reverberate a day later, holding lessons for Japan on transportation and recovery planning in times of emergencies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Sep 9, 2019

Set of rare Japanese whiskies fetches record HK$7.19 mil. at auction

We look at the high prices commanded by premium Japanese whiskies, with a set of 54 bottles having recently been sold at auction for more than HK$7 million
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2019

Search warrants served in California dive boat fire investigation

Authorities served search warrants Sunday at the Southern California company that owned the scuba diving boat that caught fire and killed 34 people last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2019

Two groups of U.S. states launch antitrust probes of tech companies like Facebook and Google

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