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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2019
Beautiful harmony in an angry world
The internet, which was going to bring citizen liberation, has ushered in forces of social disintegration.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 25, 2019
Russian operatives sacrifice followers to stay undercover on Facebook ahead of U.S. election
Efforts by Russian influence campaigns to stay undetected on social media ahead of next year's U.S. elections are undermining their ability to gain followers and spread divisive political messages, a senior Facebook executive told Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 24, 2019
Can Japan revive its electronics industry glory?
The revival of CEATEC as an exhibition will serve as an important barometer for the resurgence of Japan's consumer electronics industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 24, 2019
Gmail hooked us on free storage — and now Google is making us pay
Google lured billions of consumers to its digital services by offering copious free cloud storage. That is beginning to change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2019
Russian accounts targeted U.S. voters on Instagram ahead of 2020 election, Facebook says
A network of Instagram accounts operated from Russia has targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year's presidential election and posed as local people in U.S. states including Virginia and Florida, Facebook said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2019
Dark web child porn bust leads to 338 arrests worldwide
Law enforcement officials said on Wednesday they had arrested hundreds of people worldwide after knocking out a South Korea-based dark web child pornography site that sold videos for digital cash.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2019
Russian operative said 'we made America great' after Trump's win: GOP-led Senate report
Kremlin-directed operatives opened champagne when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, according to a communication disclosed in a new Senate Intelligence Committee report outlining Russia's sweeping social media efforts to help him win.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2019
Russia and China to sign treaty on combating illegal online content, raising alarms over internet censorship
Russia and China will sign a cooperation treaty aimed at combating illegal content on the Internet this month, Russia's state communications watchdog said on Tuesday, an example of deepening cooperation between the powers.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2019
Southeast Asia's internet economy to grow 39% and hit $100 billion this year, report says
Southeast Asia's internet economy was forecast to grow 39 percent this year to $100 billion as millions of people in the region went online to shop for the first time and ride-hailing firms grew in popularity, an industry report showed on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2019
KDDI picks Nokia and Ericsson as 5G equipment providers, excluding China's Huawei
Carrier KDDI Corp. has selected Nokia Corp. of Finland and Sweden's Ericsson to be equipment providers for its new fifth-generation, or 5G, high-speed network, the two northern European companies announced.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2019
Vinyl, books and magazines will never go away
Supposedly outdated content formats like LPs and print allow consumers — and marketers — to go beyond the masses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 19, 2019
NTT Docomo to begin 5G trial services on Friday at Rugby World Cup venues and stores
Mobile phone carrier NTT Docomo Inc. said Wednesday that it would begin on Friday a trial service allowing people in Tokyo and other major cities, including Nagoya and Osaka, to experience using fifth-generation, or 5G, communications networks, ahead of its full commercial 5G rollout next spring.
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2019
Jack Ma moves on
There is every reason for Japanese to wish the Alibaba co-founder the best of luck and see how he changes the world next.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2019
Website of Japan's new 78-year-old IT minister offline for months, raising questions over his tech acumen
The official website of new Japanese information technology minister Naokazu Takemoto has been unviewable for the past few months, raising concerns among social media users over his ability to handle the portfolio, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2019
Two groups of U.S. states launch antitrust probes of tech companies like Facebook and Google
Reuters
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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.”
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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