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INTERNET

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2021
Pirated-entertainment sites are making billions from ads
Websites and apps featuring pirated movies and TV shows make about $1.3 billion from advertising each year, including from major companies like Amazon.com Inc., according to a study.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021
How to watch the Olympics if you’re in Japan (without a TV)
With rights distributed to different broadcasters across the world, finding an easy way to follow along with the TV coverage of the Olympics can be a tricky business, especially if you don’t have a television.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2021
China orders Tencent to give up exclusive music rights
The penalty on Asia's most valuable corporation is indicative of Beijing's escalating campaign against home-grown tech giants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2021
Biden team weighs digital trade deal to counter China in Asia
The policy would represent an early effort by the Biden administration to present an economic plan for the world's most economically and strategically significant region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2021
China tightens rules on foreign IPOs in new blow to tech firms
Companies holding data on more than 1 million users must now apply for cybersecurity approval when seeking listings in other nations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2021
The Yahoo brand is still worth ¥178.5 billion to Masayoshi Son
Yahoo brands made up four of the top-10 visited websites in Japan in 2020, according to a survey by Values Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2021
Big Tech is gearing up for a massive fight with Modi’s India
India is growing more assertive in its efforts to control online communications, challenging Twitter and Facebook's practices and threatening to set a precedent that could extend worldwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2021
Elon Musk touts Starlink progress as cost and demand hurdles linger
If the service is successful, it could vastly expand the reach of broadband internet around the world and even provide a new platform for traders and others with exotic internet needs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 26, 2021
Mapping the cyber-activism of Japanese rightists
Jeffrey J. Hall's 'Japan's Nationalist Right in the Internet Age' brings academic rigor to exploring how neo-nationalist groups use the internet to bypass the mainstream media.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2021
Buddhist monk who built popular Tokyo startup seeks IPO in 2021
Campfire's Kazuma Ieiri is one of a growing number of CEOs in Japan who have followed an atypical path to success.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2021
Pacific island turns to Australia for undersea cable after spurning China
The United States and its Pacific allies have concerns that cables laid by China could compromise regional security.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Jun 22, 2021
Can we be friends? Dating apps say sex isn't everything in a post-pandemic world
Amorous entanglements aren't uppermost in the minds of many people emerging from long periods of pandemic isolation. Instead, they crave the friendships and social groups.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 16, 2021
How Trump’s trade war built China’s first global fashion giant
Partly due to the trade war, Shein pays neither export taxes on most of its products nor U.S. import taxes, an advantage that tilts the playing field heavily against its rivals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 15, 2021
In El Salvador's Bitcoin beach town, digital divide slows uptake
The tropical surfing spot's basic infrastructure offers a glimpse of the potential pitfalls to popularizing Bitcoin nationally for payments and savings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2021
Fastly failure: Why a slew of major websites went offline
The cascade of failures across the web turned a mere 'service configuration” into a global outage that hit large companies and small users alike.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2021
Websites rumble back to life after Fastly-linked outage
High traffic websites including Reddit, Amazon, CNN, Paypal, Spotify and the New York Times were listed as experiencing problems by outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

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