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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 3, 2017

Bitcoin 'creator' races to patent technology with gambling tycoon

The man who last year made global headlines by claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, is working with a fugitive online gambling entrepreneur to file scores of patents relating to the digital currency and its underlying technology, blockchain.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2017

Brexit versus the new globalization

Leaving the EU single market may have little affect on British economic growth due to the nature of modern trade.
EDITORIALS
Feb 8, 2017

Limiting the right to be forgotten

According to the Supreme Court, search results can be ordered deleted only when the value of privacy protection clearly surpasses that of information disclosure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2017

Trump administration seeks to muzzle agencies on environment

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has moved to curb the flow of information from government agencies involved in environmental issues, actions apparently designed to silence dissenting views.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

A future of promise and pitfalls as AI technology advances

On a Sunday afternoon in 2035, a man in Tokyo is consulting a robot as to what he should eat for dinner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2017

NRC plans to name U.S. nuclear reactors using potentially flawed Areva parts

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission told French nuclear power company Areva SA it will publish as early as next week the names of U.S. reactors that contain components from its Le Creusot forge that the firm is suspected of falsifying documents despite the company's claim that the information is proprietary....
WORLD / Politics
Dec 30, 2016

Russia's 'Grizzly Steppe' cyberattacks started simply, U.S. report says

The attack against U.S. democracy began in the summer of 2015 with a simple trick: Hackers working for Russia's civilian intelligence service sent emails with hidden malware to more than 1,000 people working for the American government and political groups.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2016

FBI reveals tech details of Russian spy agencies' hacking of U.S. election

The FBI squarely blamed Russian intelligence services on Thursday for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, releasing the most definitive report yet on the issue, including samples of malicious computer code said to have been used in a broad hacking campaign.
Japan Times
JAPAN / JAPANESE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Dec 19, 2016

Nation committed to foster more globally minded youth

Over many decades, Japan has contributed greatly in the areas of global cooperation and coordination, through its generous donations of funds to the U.N. Despite such generosity, the number of Japanese working for international institutions remains low and has been increasing only marginally over the...
JAPAN / JAPANESE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Dec 19, 2016

Comments from workers of international organizations

According to statistics of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, more than 800 Japanese are working for international organizations. Such professionals include those doing clerical work at the organizations’ Japanese units, appointed to lead an organization by using expertise gained through their careers...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2016

The first U.S. presidency of the post-literate age

In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the media has worked itself into a panic about the rise of fake news on social media.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 23, 2016

South Korea, Japan ink intelligence-sharing pact on North Korea threat

The two U.S. allies formally sign an agreement to swap military intelligence amid Pyongyang's increasing belligerence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 22, 2016

South Korean Cabinet approves intelligence-sharing deal with Japan

The South Korean government has approved an intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan, moving the pact a step closer to fruition as North Korea continues to make progress in its nuclear weapons and missile programs, a report said Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2016

Case on Trump confidentiality pledge raises conflict of interest question

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has often boasted about the strict confidentiality pledges he exacts from his employees.
CULTURE / NEWS AND NOTES
Nov 17, 2016

Symposium aims to unite business, academia

The KKE Vision 2016 symposium, organized by Kozo Keikaku Engineering (KKE) Inc., an engineering consulting firm based in Tokyo, was held on Oct. 26 at the Toranomon Hills Forum on the fifth floor of the Toranomon Hills complex.
Japan Times
JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

Sports seen as engine to encourage, unite people

EDITORIALS
Oct 14, 2016

Questioning capital punishment

The time has come for truly meaningful discussions on whether Japan should keep executing prisoners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 24, 2016

Yahoo faces growing scrutiny over when it learned of data breach

Yahoo on Friday faced pointed questions about exactly when it learned about a cyberattack that exposed the email credentials of 500 million users, a critical issue for the company as it seeks to prevent the breach from affecting a pending takeover by Verizon Inc.
EDITORIALS
Sep 21, 2016

Growth in senile dementia cases

Japan must prepare to handle a larger number of senile dementia cases as the size of its eldlerly population increases.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 21, 2016

Securities watchdog to step up scrutiny of insider trading in biotech sector

The securities watchdog will boost monitoring of health-care stocks for possible insider trading after increasing leaks of information that has the power to move markets, according to the top official of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission.
Japan Times
JAPAN / TICAD VI SPECIAL
Aug 26, 2016

Expanding business with Africa

Africa is a dynamic and growing market, one that has steadily drawn the interest of Japanese companies across all major business fields in recent years. As we approach the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) to be held on Aug. 27 and 28 in Nairobi, I would like to use...
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2016

Spyware attacks Vietnamese government sites amid South China Sea dispute

The spyware used in cyberattacks on Vietnam's major airports and national carrier last month is now also suspected of having bombarded many more official sites amid tensions with China over territory in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Aug 7, 2016

Digital health care services just around corner

Businesses small and large are looking to cash in on the potential for smartphones and wearable devices as health care trends toward the digital age.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2016

FBI took months to tell Democrats of hacking and suspected Russian role

The FBI did not tell the Democratic National Committee last fall that officials suspected it had been the target of a cyberattack, three people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2016

Dhaka police nab four who rented property on sly to cafe attackers

Police in Dhaka on Saturday arrested three people and another on Sunday, including a university professor, for failing to register information about tenants renting property who later attacked a cafe in the city, killing 20 people.
Yen on the march as Plaza Accord 2.0 debate grows
The yen strengthened dramatically this month — hitting ¥139.9 to the dollar on Tuesday — and could become a topic of conversation in trade talks between the United States and Japan.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Jetstar Japan fined for failing to provide adequate cabin crew breaks
The logo of Jetstar Airways on an aircraft parked outside a maintenance hangar in Melbourne, Australia, on Feb. 27.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.

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

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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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