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SMARTPHONES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Mar 29, 2016
Security of iPhones the casualty in Apple's victory over the FBI
Apple Inc. suffered one major casualty in its legal victory over the FBI: bragging rights over the iPhone's security.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 24, 2016
New Sony unit to bring hit games to smartphones
Sony Corp. is looking to extend its lead in video games by pushing into smartphones with titles derived from its top-selling PlayStation consoles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 18, 2016
Nintendo finds a hit with its new social app, Miitomo
Nintendo Co.'s foray into smartphones is off to a good start.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2016
Smartphone gamers blow small fortune on their obsession
Just before the New Year holiday in Japan, ads for a smartphone game called Granblue Fantasy began appearing on television and in magazines.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2016
Game app could teach children how to detect potential dangers of smartphones
As the use of smartphones grows in popularity with school children, educators are struggling with ways to teach young people how to recognize and handle the potential dangers they could face, and a smartphone game app called "Soul Negotiator" could be the answer teachers are looking for.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 27, 2016
Indian villages ban single women from owning 'distracting' cellphones
Several villages in the western Indian state of Gujarat have banned girls and single women from owning mobile phones, saying the devices distract them from their studies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 22, 2016
Cellphone cease-fire signals change
The Japanese mobile phone industry recently came under fire from the government for using ambiguous price-setting schemes and excessive handset discounts that stole customers from rivals but penalized loyalty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 22, 2016
Samsung launches new campaign against Apple with Galaxy S7, virtual reality gear
Samsung Electronics Co. showed off virtual reality hardware alongside its latest Galaxy S7 smartphones, in its latest attempt to breathe life into its premium line and wrest ascendancy back from Apple Inc.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2016
Trump calls for boycott until Apple unlocks California shooter's phone
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on Friday for a boycott of Apple products until it agrees to help the U.S. government unlock the cellphone of one of the killers in last year's shooting in San Bernardino, California.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2016
Apple ordered to aid FBI in unlocking California shooter's phone
A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered Apple Inc to help the FBI break into a phone belonging to one of the shooters in the December attack in San Bernardino, California, the latest episode in a long-running dispute between tech companies and law enforcement over encryption.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Feb 13, 2016
Role reversal
Mom, why won't you stop using your phone? You promised we would enjoy a tasty lunch today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 3, 2016
Nintendo tries to convince investors to wait as profit dives
Nintendo Co. President Tatsumi Kimishima tried to assure investors the company's March mobile gaming debut is worth waiting for, even as a 36 percent plunge in quarterly profit highlighted a downward spiral in sales of Wii U and 3DS players.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2016
Have apps, won't bother learning how to drive
For many young people today, there's a new rite of passage that's bigger than learning to drive: getting your first phone number.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jan 11, 2016
Japan moves to develop homegrown GPS
With the proliferation of smartphones and other devices, the use of GPS — the global positioning system — has become ubiquitous. From pinpointing one's location to getting directions online, satellite-based navigation is driving the interactive use of online maps.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2015
Former Line CEO's new venture aims to track the pulse of world fashion with smartphone videos
Having already spent time in the limelight as the CEO of Line Corp., Akira Morikawa has now started a new venture that targets would-be fashionistas and connoisseurs of popular culture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2015
Japan tries to improve tourists' access to SIM cards, Wi-Fi
The government kicked off a campaign Monday to give tourists access to SIM cards and Wi-Fi routers, aiming to offer a better quality communications environment.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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