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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2020

Our phones can serve as a virus tool

Justified civil liberties concerns shouldn't prevent us from using technology to combat a pandemic that could kill millions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2020

NTT Docomo becomes first to launch 5G service in Japan

NTT Docomo Inc. launched fifth-generation large-capacity ultrahigh-speed mobile phone services Wednesday, becoming the first in Japan to do so.
Reader Mail
Feb 21, 2020

Appreciation for prayer rooms

Regarding the story "Mobile Mosque to help Muslims pray at 2020 Games," in the Feb. 8 edition, on behalf of the Freemuslim Association, Center for De-Radicalization and Extremism Prevention based in Washington, we would like to extend our gratitude to Japan for the increasing amount of designated prayer...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 13, 2020

SoftBank chief welcomes activist investor Singer as Vision Fund logs loss

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son opened the door to making at least some of the changes championed by activist investor Paul Singer, after the company reported a second quarter of losses from its startup investing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2020

Coronavirus brings China's surveillance state out of the shadows

When the man from Hangzhou returned home from a business trip, the local police got in touch. They had tracked his car by his license plate in nearby Wenzhou, which has had a spate of coronavirus cases despite being far from the epicenter of the outbreak. Stay indoors for two weeks, they requested.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2020

Unique solution rolls in to help Muslims pray at Tokyo Games

For the thousands of Muslim athletes, officials and supporters arriving in Tokyo for the Olympic Games later this year, it may be a struggle for them to find an appropriate place to pray.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2020

NTT Docomo's revenue and profits fell from April to December last year

Major mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo Inc. reported Thursday that both group sales and profits fell year-on-year in the April-December 2019 period, mainly due to new discount plans introduced in June last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 21, 2020

Japan considering fee system for 5G networks to subsidize launch of services in rural areas

The communications ministry is considering introducing a system to charge internet users a fee so that fiber-optic infrastructure for 5G wireless networks can be constructed and maintained across the country, informed sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Commentary
Jan 9, 2020

Nobel Prize for a battery breakthrough was decades in the making

Looking back on the past year in science, the coolest advances seem to be coming in areas such as gene editing and quantum computing. This is sexy research pointing with confidence to the future. Yet we should remember that some of the most important scientific discoveries take place almost without notice,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 2, 2020

U.K.'s Lloyds Banking Group reports disruption to online services

Britain's Lloyds Banking Group suffered an outage on Wednesday that left customers of its Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland operations unable to access their accounts online.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 2, 2019

What can we learn from 'Made in Japan'?

Japanese manufacturing has shifted from making brand-name products to cornering specific segments of the global supply chain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2019

The digital money revolution

The choice for governments and central banks is whether to stand in front of a train that is gaining steam, or get on board and reap the benefits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 16, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court could reshape industry with ruling on Google, Oracle

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Alphabet Inc.'s Google in a multibillion-dollar clash that has divided Silicon Valley, agreeing to decide whether the company improperly used copyrighted programming code owned by Oracle Corp. in the Android operating system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2019

Despite Japan’s quest to go cashless, nation’s growing elderly population proves reluctant

Cash is king in Japan, and more so for the country's fast-aging population who are still deeply reluctant to give it up.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 28, 2019

In Spanish town, Pokemon Go keeps senior citizens fit and staves off isolation

At first, when she retired from a lifelong career in nursing in her native Spain, Joanna Perez Osuna struggled with a lack of purpose. Then she found solace in a virtual world populated by "Pikachus," "Weedles" and "Smeargles."
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2019

California launches earthquake early warning system it calls best in world

California rolled out the nation's first statewide earthquake warning system on Thursday, designed to detect seismic waves and alert residents through a mobile phone app even before the ground starts shaking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2019

Huawei defies U.S. ban with strong growth in smartphone sales

Huawei Technologies Co.'s revenue jumped 24 percent in 2019's first nine months, defying the sanctions of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to sustain growth in its pivotal smartphone business.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 15, 2019

Tokyo vice governor aims to develop 5G infrastructure

Tokyo Vice Gov. Manabu Miyasaka, a former president of Yahoo Japan Corp., has vowed to spread 5G advanced wireless communications services.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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