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BUSINESS / Companies
May 11, 2016
Hitachi to invest ¥300 billion in Internet-connected projects
Hitachi Ltd. plans to invest about ¥300 billion ($2.8 billion) over the next three years in its "Internet of things" platform as the maker of power plants, bullet trains and elevators bets the technology will drive sales.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2016
Dating site matches Americans fleeing Trump presidency with Canadians
A dating website is pledging to match Americans who can't live with a Donald Trump presidency to Canadians looking for love, facilitating the pledge often made by U.S. voters to move to Canada if the real estate billionaire is elected.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 9, 2016
Following cyberheist, SWIFT technicians accused of leaving Bangladesh Bank exposed to hackers
Bangladesh's central bank became more vulnerable to hackers when technicians from SWIFT, the global financial network, connected a new bank transaction system to SWIFT messaging three months before a $81 million cyberheist, Bangladeshi police and a bank official alleged.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2016
Forbidden fruit: China bans 'erotic' banana-eating live streams
Bananas may be China's new forbidden fruit — at least online.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 6, 2016
Expert sees Japan's high level of digital rights offset by public disinclined to curb Big Brother
Japan's restrictions on freedom of expression are growing but its sleepy public might not wake up before it's too late, a U.N. special rapporteur warns.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 6, 2016
Facebook loses first round in lawsuit over storing biometric data
Facebook lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it unlawfully collected and stored users' biometric data derived from their faces in photographs.
WORLD
May 1, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court approves expansion of FBI's hacking power
The Supreme Court on Thursday approved a rule change that would allow U.S. judges to issue search warrants for access to computers located in any jurisdiction when their location is unknown, despite opposition from civil liberties groups who say it will greatly expand the FBI's hacking authority.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2016
ICTs, broadband key to sustainable development
To achieve global connectivity for all people and communities, governments and industry need to come together in ever more innovative public-private partnerships.
WORLD
Apr 28, 2016
Email privacy bill involving search warrants unanimously passes U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Wednesday to require law enforcement authorities to get a search warrant before asking technology companies to hand over old emails.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2016
FBI to gain new hacking power if Supreme Court approves search warrant rule change
U.S. judges would be able to issue search warrants giving law enforcement agents power to access computers in any jurisdiction — potentially even overseas — under a controversial rule change likely to be approved by the Supreme Court by Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2016
Bangladesh Bank heist used compromised SWIFT software
The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart of the global financial system, said security researchers at British defense contractor BAE Systems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2016
Dentsu plans roadside ads that change according to driver's vehicle
In an experiment, advertising giant Dentsu Inc. plans to bring so-called targeted advertising, an increasingly popular sales method in cyberspace, into the physical world.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2016
China adds U.S. online publishing site Medium to list of blocked sites
Medium, a U.S.-based online publishing platform, has been blocked in China, the company said, the latest service to be affected as Beijing exerts greater control over the Internet.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Mar 31, 2016
When mobsters meet hackers — the new, improved bank heist
No need for stocking masks and sawn-off shotguns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2016
China considers banning all unapproved Internet domains
China's government is moving to tighten its grip over the Internet as it rolls out draft rules that will effectively ban Web domains not approved by local authorities, including possibly the most widely used .com and .org addresses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 26, 2016
Microsoft apologizes for offensive tirade by its 'chatbot'
Microsoft is "deeply sorry" for the racist and sexist Twitter messages generated by the "chatbot" it launched this past week, a company official wrote on Friday, after the artificial intelligence program went on an embarrassing tirade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2016
Spending on Internet ads to overtake TV spots by 2017, forecaster says
Businesses around the world are set to spend more on Internet advertising than on television commercials for the first time in 2017, forecaster ZenithOptimedia said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Mar 13, 2016
Wi-Fi leaps higher in speed, range
To support the explosive growth of information and communications technology, wireless Internet connectivity is now considered essential infrastructure and is sometimes referred to as the fourth utility, after electricity, water and gas.
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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