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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 4, 2022
Activision Blizzard earnings miss estimates after Microsoft deal
Adjusted revenue fell 18% to $2.49 billion in the fourth quarter, Activision Blizzard said in a statement Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 4, 2022
Apple made a change that is hammering internet firms like Facebook's owner
A long-planned shift in how people's information may be used online is having a dramatic impact on internet companies that have spent years building businesses around selling ads.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 2, 2022
'Spider-Man' propels Sony to forecast-smashing third-quarter profit
The firm is benefiting from strong demand for its PlayStation 5 games console, which it launched in November 2020.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2022
How venture capital created the modern world
Rather than focusing on predictable returns, venture capitalists are in the business of betting on the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2022
Technology and innovation are needed to battle climate change
Global emissions reduction is essential. But those efforts won't do enough to forestall a looming crisis in the polar regions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 26, 2022
Microsoft’s Activision purchase could leave Japanese video game-makers out in the cold
Japanese gaming firms, which are generally less agile and outward-looking than their U.S. peers, may struggle as companies invest in the metaverse.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 26, 2022
Clean and compliant: A metaverse with Chinese characteristics
Experts say the infancy of China's metaverse allows Beijing plenty of room to co-opt its development, which some China metaverse advocates fear will stunt its growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2022
Nvidia quietly prepares to abandon $40 billion bid for SoftBank's Arm
The purchase — poised to become the biggest chip deal ever when it was announced in 2020 — has drawn a fierce backlash from regulators and the chip industry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2022
In today's world, precision timing is everything
PNT is one of the 14 categories of emerging technologies identified by the U.S. government as strategic and therefore demanding special attention and control.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 24, 2022
China’s ‘little giants’ are its latest weapon in tech war with U.S.
An ambitious government program aims to foster a new generation of startups that can compete with Silicon Valley by targeting sectors such as robotics, quantum computing and semiconductors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 21, 2022
Microsoft faces challenge cleaning up Activision Blizzard’s culture
After the acquisition closes, Microsoft will look take a more active role by hiring advisers, bringing in law firms or mandating sensitivity training.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2022
Deal over 5G cell towers soothes U.S. aviation turmoil, for now
Hundreds of 5G cell towers near U.S. airports broadcast on frequencies adjacent to those used by radar altimeters that help aircraft land in poor weather.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2022
Airlines scramble to adjust schedules amid U.S. 5G rollout concerns
The FAA has warned that potential 5G interference could affect height readings that play a key role in bad-weather landings on some jets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2022
Microsoft will buy Activision Blizzard, betting $70 billion on the future of games
Microsoft has framed the deal as strengthening the company's hand in the so-called metaverse, claiming that 'gaming will be at the forefront of making that mainstream.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2022
Japan must restore trust in the future among the young — here’s how
According to the Cabinet Office, just 38.8% of Japanese youth are either satisfied or fully satisfied with the state of the country compared with 57.8% in the U.S. and 56.9% in England.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 18, 2022
Major U.S. airline CEOs warn 5G could ground some planes and wreak havoc
The Federal Aviation Administration has warned that potential interference could affect sensitive airplane instruments such as altimeters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2022
Olympic athletes told to leave phones at home to dodge spying in China
Beijing has promised the world's top athletes access to a partially unfettered internet during the Winter Games, but security experts say there are reasons to exercise caution.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 13, 2022
Can the 'uncanny valley' help us in a future 'metaverse'?
The phenomenon of creepiness that comes with certain humanoid creations could work to defend us against the negative possibilities of a virtual world, scientists say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 11, 2022
China offers digital yuan at Olympics to test overseas appeal
Visitors can download an app or get a physical card that stores the digital yuan, or convert foreign bank notes into e-CNY at self-service machines, according to the Bank of China Ltd.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 10, 2022
Auction of Muslim women on Indian app shows tech weaponized for abuse
The fake auctions are just the latest examples of how technology is being used to put women at risk through online abuse, theft of privacy or sexual exploitation.
Mercury hits 39.3 degrees Celsius in Shizuoka
Pedestrians shelter themselves from the sun using parasols as they cross a street in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on Thursday. The temperature in Tokyo hit 35 degrees Celsius just after noon on Thursday, the first time so far this year.
Record 19,000 people with dementia reported missing in Japan in 2023
Municipalities across the country have been devising various ways to keep track of the whereabouts of individuals with dementia.
Weak yen inflicts major damage to small and midsize businesses, survey says
The weakness of the yen is posing a big problem for small and midsize businesses. As for desired exchange rates, 69.5％ said they want the yen trading between ¥110 and ¥135 to the dollar.
Kyoto men accused of forcing disabled person into washing machine
The Kyoto Prefectural Police headquarters in the city of Kyoto. Questioning of a worker with an intellectual disability who was forced into an industrial washing machine has revealed further past instances of abuse, leading Kyoto police to investigate potential bullying in the workplace.
Japan faces shortage of almost a million foreign workers in 2040
A Vietnamese worker harvests tomatoes at a farm in Asahi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s stock records lack punch of yen’s fall
A monitor displaying the Topix share average, 225-issue Nikkei average and the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar, outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Thursday.
Japanese athletes get rousing send-off ahead of Paris Olympics
Fencer Misaki Emura (left) and breaker Shigekix, whose real name is Shigeyuki Nakarai, during a send-off ceremony in Tokyo on Friday
Weak yen slows overseas summer travel recovery
The weak yen continues to attract visitors from abroad, while travelers from Japan are rethinking their plans amid rising costs.
Asking for food substitutions at a Japanese restaurant
With the vegan lifestyle becoming more popular in recent years, Japanese restaurants and inns have begun to offer more vegetarian options.
Over 80 nursing homes in Japan went bankrupt in first half
A nursing home in Ishikawa Prefecture. Wage increases in other industries have made the nursing care sector less attractive.

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