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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2021
Amazon says it resolved network device issue that caused outage
Beginning around 10 a.m. Eastern time, the outage affected the online presence of various industries, as well as Amazon's own services.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2021
U.K.’s Facebook-Giphy smackdown is an omen for Big Tech
The U.K.'s antitrust watchdog killed the deal out of concern over competition, warning it could harm social media users and U.K. advertisers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2021
Omicron throws a wrench in Osaka’s plan to promote 2025 expo in Dubai
Although Japan Day will still take place at the Dubai Expo on Dec. 11, key Japanese officials will be absent, hampering lobbying efforts for the 2025 event in Osaka.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2021
Toyota turns to Chinese tech to reach its electric holy grail
The Japanese giant will launch an all-electric car in China late next year, having turned to local partner BYD for key technology to finally make an affordable yet roomy small sedan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 26, 2021
China asks Didi to delist from U.S. on security fears
The country's tech watchdog wants management to take the company off the New York Stock Exchange because of concerns about leakage of sensitive data, sources say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2021
Freedom needed for commerce to flourish, says Japan's new economic security minister
To succeed, Takayuki Kobayashi says, Japan must seek a balance between allowing companies and research institutions to work together across borders while mitigating any potential risk to national security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2021
Texas put up millions to lure a Samsung plant and won. Will it pay off?
Research suggests projects don't always deliver, despite the eye-popping numbers in pitch decks and the politicians racing around to take credit for delivering jobs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 17, 2021
Secretive Chinese committee draws up list to replace U.S. tech
China is accelerating plans to replace U.S. and foreign technology, quietly empowering an organization to vet and approve local suppliers in sensitive areas from cloud to semiconductors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2021
Competition bill with semiconductor aid to be rolled into U.S. defense authorization bill
The expansive plan is intended to help the United States better compete with China and bolster its domestic semiconductor industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2021
SoftBank can invest $5 billion to $10 billion in Indian startups in 2022
SoftBank is planning to raise the stakes in India — having invested $3 billion in 2021 — just as global firms grow more wary of bets in China with tighter regulations hurting deals there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 11, 2021
It's going to get even harder to buy a PlayStation 5
The PlayStation 5 became the fastest Sony console to reach 10 million units sold this July, but it has fallen behind the sales pace of its predecessor PlayStation 4 since then.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2021
China’s tech crackdown is upending lives from Beijing to Kentucky
After kicking off a year ago, the regulatory push has forever changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people in China and beyond.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2021
World’s top chipmakers provide data to U.S. as deadline arrives
Washington's request sparked controversies in both Taiwan and South Korea, with some fearing the U.S. is demanding that companies hand over trade secrets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 7, 2021
South Korea tech firms to provide U.S. with semiconductor data
The U.S. Commerce Department warned that the White House might invoke the Defense Production Act or other tools if South Korea firms don't respond to their data request.
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.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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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