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May 30, 2018

Yamaha Motor to Open Advanced Technology Center in Yokohama

— Advanced Technology Development Hub for Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and IT Fields —
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 17, 2018

Sharp's lens unit CEO sees path to defying smartphone slowdown

The mobile phone industry may be in a midst of a slump, but a unit of Sharp Corp. is forecasting growth thanks to the race by smartphone makers to wow customers with high-quality photos.
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2018

Why can't China make decent semiconductors?

Although China long ago mastered the art of making products with semiconductors produced elsewhere, it wants to move beyond being a mere assembler.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 25, 2018

A primer on navigating your ID landscape

A number of changes to Japanese ID registration systems have been implemented in recent years, some of them for everyone in Japan and others pertinent only to foreign nationals. The ins and outs can be a bit confusing, particularly for those who have been used to living under the old systems for many...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2018

Don't be shocked at spies tracking your cellphone

The 'stingray' discovery in Washington is a reminder of how much data we're giving away
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2018

Fintech can address Asia's inequality

Innovations in finance technology can increase the level of access to capital and financial inclusion in Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Mar 28, 2018

Apple takes on Google in education with cheaper iPad and new software

Apple Inc. is going head-to-head with Google in education, a market the iPhone-maker helped pioneer but has let languish.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 7, 2018

U.S. sees national security risk from Broadcom's Qualcomm deal

A U.S. government national security panel said it identified potential risks that warrant a full investigation of Singapore-based Broadcom Ltd.'s $117 billion bid for chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., a senior U.S. Treasury official said in a letter to the companies on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2018

Apple mum amid reports it's in talks with miners to secure cobalt supplies

Apple Inc. is talking to major cobalt producers to secure supplies of the material vital for the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that power its mobile phones, three cobalt industry sources said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2018

Tea, haircuts and fish bones: Letting the light into Pakistan

Reclining comfortably on a bed outside his mud home, 75-year-old farmer Mohammad Khoso watches life go by. His family is now the center of everyone's envy in the southern Pakistani village of Murid Khoso — they have electricity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2018

Masayoshi Son plans measures to reduce discount on SoftBank stock

SoftBank Group Corp.'s Masayoshi Son became technology's biggest investor over the past year, taking major stakes in ride-hailing, e-commerce and semiconductors. But he doesn't get much credit for his investment acumen.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2018

It's when, not if: Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack

Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2018

The junkies and dealers of today's social media

Monopolistic Internet platforms, especially Facebook, enable the powerful to inflict harm on the powerless in politics, foreign policy and commerce.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2018

Personal details of over 200,000 Malaysian organ donors leaked online: report

Personal details of over 200,000 Malaysian organ donors and their next of kin have been leaked, with the data available online for over a year, a local tech portal reported Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2018

Controlling wireless devices

Research shows that technology — and the cellphone in particular — has an increasingly powerful pull and exhibits increasingly worrisome effects on human behavior.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jan 14, 2018

Gadgets that help to make it easy

Mobile shopping
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2017

5G: China's dream to dominate world technology

President Xi Jinping's growing consolidation of power is giving ever more momentum to the ambitious Chinese plan to gain dominance of high-tech industries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2017

Electronic evidence trail: Malta court told bomb that killed blogger probably triggered from boat at sea

The bomb used to kill Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was probably triggered by a call from a boat off Malta, an investigator said on Tuesday, laying out initial evidence against three suspects.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2017

Beware of lithium ion battery fire dangers, Europe warns Christmas air travelers

European aviation safety authorities have urged airlines to remind passengers about how best to transport electronic devices containing lithium ion batteries over the busy Christmas travel period.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 17, 2017

False paradise? EU is no haven of net neutrality, critics say

America's decision to scrap rules designed to ensure a free and open internet leaves the European Union as the biggest market where Net neutrality still prevails — but critics say the EU is not a level playing field.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2017

Nintendo opens games to rival console for first time with China-only Nvidia tie-up

For the first time ever, Nintendo Co.'s games will be playable on gaming hardware that wasn't made by the Kyoto-based company.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2017

China confirms deployment of fighters to South China Sea island for first time

China has for the first time confirmed the deployment of fighter jets to Woody Island in the disputed South China Sea, state media have reported.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2017

The state of the global economy in 2018

Economic power and influence will continue to shift from west to east next year, with no obvious convulsions on the horizon.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Nov 25, 2017

Nobuhiro Seki: Espousing the spirit of craftsmanship abroad

'The Japanese manufacturers need new business opportunities from overseas, but are reluctant because they can't negotiate in English or any other language,' says Seki.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 26, 2017

Bangladesh's news-starved Rohingya refugees tune in to 'WhatsApp radio' despite dodgy info sources

Sitting in his hillside grocery shop in a Bangladesh refugee camp, Rohingya Muslim Momtaz-ul-Hoque takes a break to listen to an audio recording on his mobile phone, while children and passers-by gather round to hear the latest news from Myanmar.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2017

Sony unveils family-friendly robot aimed at spurring communication

Sony Mobile Communications Inc. announced Tuesday it will begin selling a new communications robot targeted at families next month, furthering its foray into the trending robot market.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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