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BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 30, 2016
The top tech stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these tech and digital stories as the most important of 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2016
Honda in talks with Google's Waymo on self-drive tech
Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it is talking to Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., to try to strike a deal that would put its self-driving technology into some of the Japanese automaker's cars.
EDITORIALS
Dec 13, 2016
Google's commitment to go green
Google's announcement that it will meet 100 percent of its corporate energy demand from carbon-free sources by next year is a critical step in responsible environmental stewardship.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2016
Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw, patch coming Nov. 8: Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and U.S. political hacks is behind recent cyberattacks that exploit a newly discovered flaw in its Windows operating system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 27, 2016
Google Earth images shed light on where solar rooftops make sense
During his free time on the job as a Google employee, Carl Elkin began tinkering with the company's 3-D mapping program, wondering if it could identify rooftops that receive enough sunlight to make installing solar panels worthwhile.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2016
In hardware push, Google debuts Pixel smartphone to challenge Apple
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Tuesday announced a new Pixel smartphone and a suite of new consumer electronics products for the home, planting itself firmly in the hardware business and challenging Apple Inc's iPhone at the high end of the $400 billion global smartphone market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Sep 12, 2016
Tech world wraps head around 360-degree photography
As virtual reality makes strides in the tech world, the next big thing is tipped to be a visual technology that can capture and show what people see in 360 degrees.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2016
SoftBank's self-driving buses are coming soon to Japan's country roads
If you had to invent the perfect place to roll out self-driving buses, Japan would be it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 3, 2016
Building a stairway to the singularity
A computer's victory over a human go master this past March reminds us of the pending "singularity" — the rapidly approaching moment in time when artificial intelligence overtakes human intelligence. Machines will learn, and we won't be their teachers. Are we prepared for it? Can we prepare for it?...
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2016
Google 'plans tie-up' with MUFG on Android Pay platform
Alphabet Inc. will tie up with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. on its Android Pay platform, a person with knowledge of the matter said, the latest move by a technology giant to tap Japan's rapidly growing digital payments market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 21, 2016
Chinese raise fears 'Pokemon Go' could help deduce location of military bases
Not everyone loves "Pokemon Go."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jul 15, 2016
'Pokemon Go' no ace in hole for Nintendo
In just over a week, the smartphone game "Pokemon Go" has become a giant hit, turning millions of people around the world into monster hunters.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2016
Sen. Franken wants 'Pokemon Go' maker to clarify user data privacy protections
A Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday asked the software developer behind Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s "Pokemon Go" to clarify the mobile game's data privacy protections, amid concerns the augmented reality hit was unnecessarily collecting vast swaths of sensitive user data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jul 12, 2016
How can I help? Chatbots offer full customer support with no call waiting
Just as text messaging has become a mainstream form of communication, attention is shifting to the chatbot as the next big thing for information management and customer service.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2016
After historic Brexit vote, confused Britons ask Google: 'What is the EU?'
As cheers, jeers and economic fears enveloped Britain after Thursday's vote to leave the European Union, it appears many Britons may not have even understood what they voted for.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 30, 2016
Human primacy is go-ing, go-ing, gone
It is said of the ancient Chinese game go that the number of possible positions on its board exceeds the number of atoms in the known universe.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Apr 11, 2016
Google's artificial intelligence program defeats go master
The Google artificial intelligence program AlphaGo has defeated South Korean go grandmaster Lee Se-dol in a historic tournament in Seoul.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
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.
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.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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