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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2018
Google to spend $1 billion on new campus in New York as it taps talent pool
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is investing more than $1 billion on a new campus in New York, becoming the second major technology company after Amazon to pick America's financial capital to expand and create thousands of jobs.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2018
Google's China problem is America's China problem
How Beijing pressures and deploys Chinese citizens abroad to expand its power and influence is an issue of grave concern.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2018
Australian competition watchdog calls for a new regulatory body to tackle dominance of Google and Facebook
Australia's competition watchdog Monday recommended tougher scrutiny and a new regulatory body to check the dominance of tech giants Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google in the country's online advertising and news markets.
WORLD
Dec 4, 2018
Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool
Alphabet Inc.'s Google in May introduced a slick feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type. Tap out "I love" and Gmail might propose "you" or "it."
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2018
Google parent Alphabet has grand global plan to breed disease-carrying mosquitoes out of existence
Silicon Valley researchers are attacking flying bloodsuckers in California's Fresno County. It's the first salvo in an unlikely war for Google parent Alphabet Inc.: eradicating mosquito-borne diseases around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2018
Google workers push to stop censored search engine Project Dragonfly targeting China users
More than 200 engineers, designers and managers at Alphabet Inc.'s Google demanded in an open letter on Tuesday that the company end development of a censored search engine for Chinese users, escalating earlier protests against the secretive project.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 26, 2018
Russia plans fines of up to 1% of revenue for tech firms that break rules: sources
Russia plans to impose stiffer fines on technology firms that fail to comply with Russian laws, sources familiar with the plans said, raising the stakes in the Kremlin's fight with global tech giants such as Facebook and Google.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2018
Set adequate regulations for IT platform giants
Steps need to be taken to ensure that the operations of Internet giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are fair and equitable for all participants in the markets.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2018
Malicious descriptions about North and South Korean groups temporarily displayed on Google Maps
Malicious descriptions, such as one targeting the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, were displayed temporarily on Google Maps, it was learned Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2018
The Google walkout is a new kind of worker activism
The global walkout by Google workers, a response to Alphabet Inc.'s reported protection of executives accused of sexual misconduct, may be a harbinger of something new in employer-employee relations: empowered workers' moral-political protest directed as much against the general culture as against management....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court split on Google privacy settlement in class action suits
U.S. Supreme Court justices, in an internet privacy case involving Google, disagreed on Wednesday over whether to rein in a form of settlement in class action lawsuits that awards money to charities and other third parties instead of to people affected by the alleged wrongdoing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2018
Britain to target online platform giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon with new digital services tax
Britain said it would tax the revenue that online platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon make in the country to update a system that had not kept pace with changing digital business models.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2018
Google, Facebook and Twitter agree to code of conduct to fight fake news in EU
Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and other tech and advertising companies have committed to implementing new measures and investing in new technologies to fight the spread of hoax news online in Europe, according to a draft of the agreement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 22, 2018
After years of resistance, Toyota to add Android Auto software to vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to add Android Auto to its vehicles, according to a person familiar with the matter, ending years of resistance to Google's infotainment software caused by safety and security concerns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 22, 2018
White House order would crack down on Google and Facebook's business practices
The White House has drafted an executive order for President Donald Trump's signature that would instruct federal antitrust and law enforcement agencies to open investigations into the business practices of Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Facebook Inc. and other social media companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 18, 2018
Renault-Nissan teams up with Google, letting Android take over the dashboard
Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. are about to do what many carmakers have been trying to avoid: let Google into the dashboard.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2018
Online firms may face EU fine if extremist posts stay up over an hour
The European Union's chief executive on Wednesday proposed hefty fines on Google, Facebook, Twitter and other online platforms if they fail to remove extremist content within one hour.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2018
Germany cautious on EU tech tax as France adds 'sunset clause'
A European Union tax overhaul to raise levies on large digital firms needs a thorough debate, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Saturday, although he maintained that an agreement could still be found by the end of the year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2018
Justice Department probes if social media are 'stifling' speech after Trump, GOP, conspiracy theorists gripe
The U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general will meet this month to discuss concerns that social media platforms are "intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas," the department said on Wednesday.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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