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TECH 3

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 3, 2021
ByteDance founder exits board as challenges mount
The world's most valuable startup is making a bigger push into enterprise software after Beijing's yearlong crackdown on the consumer internet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 31, 2021
A $2 billion Japanese startup aims to fix polarized news via an algorithm
SmartNews, which uses an algorithm to provide what it says is an unbiased, nonpartisan mix of information, is one of Japan's most valuable startups.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 29, 2021
U.S. says it’s working with Taiwan to secure chip supply chain
Global supply chains have been strained by a pair of pandemic-related problems: labor issues and a surge in demand for goods.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2021
Apple and Amazon results spark fears of an unhappy holiday season
As the economy emerges from the worst pandemic in a century, getting enough products to consumers is a daunting challenge for nearly everyone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2021
Japanese startup targets supercar users with $700,000 hoverbike
The XTurismo Limited Edition from A.L.I. Technologies promises to fly for 40 minutes at up to 100 kilometer per hour.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 19, 2021
NTT Docomo system failure was 'serious incident,' Japan's communications ministry says
The firm will be required to report by Nov. 13 the cause of the failure, which left some 2 million customers without services at one point, and measures to prevent a recurrence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 19, 2021
Japan's key electronics fair opens with spotlight on low-carbon tech
The major electronics show involving more than 300 companies opened Tuesday, with the spotlight on cutting-edge technologies designed to achieve carbon neutrality.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2021
Why is Citi helping big tech storm Wall Street?
The puzzling part of Alphabet's expansion of Google Pay is why Citigroup is a willing participant in Silicon Valley's invasion of Wall Street's turf.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 13, 2021
Apple's China balancing act more precarious as Xi cracks down on tech
Last month China's top court effectively granted consumers the right to sue Apple for alleged abuse of market power, threatening the delicate balance the firm has cultivated in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2021
U.S. lawmakers see path to rein in tech, but it isn’t smooth
The road ahead is likely to be a yearslong, complicated path toward new rules and regulations, with no guaranteed result.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2021
Global tax deal seeks to end havens but criticized for 'no teeth'
Many developing countries have said their interests have been ignored and that wealthy nations were likely to continue dividing up the spoils of foreign direct investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2021
Japan eyes funding for Taiwan's TSMC to build chip plant
The government is eyeing financial support for TSMC to build a chip-making factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, potentially with Sony Group Corp., that could cost u00a5700 billion to u00a5800 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2021
Amazon CEO is confident in its gaming products after New World release
A week ago, Amazon released New World, an online computer game where archers and ax wielders colonize a mythical land.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2021
Japan's new economic security minister sets out agenda amid global supply chain woes
One of the major tasks for Takayuki Kobayashi, a Finance Ministry bureaucrat-turned-politician, is to create a new legal framework to support the implementation of related policies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2021
U.S.-EU tech control talks raise hopes and concerns
Governments are beginning to wake up to the significance of new technologies and the inadequacy of existing control regimes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2021
Facebook begins recovery after major outage took apps offline
The outage shut out many of the company's 2.7 billion global users, idled some employees and prompted a public apology from the chief technology officer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2021
Made-from-CO2 concrete, sportswear and diamonds spark investor excitement
Companies turning carbon dioxide into products have raised over $800 million so far this year, more than triple the amount seen in 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2021
Honda sees its future in air taxis, rockets and moon robots
With its '2030 Vision,” the automaker is betting big on how people will work, travel and spend leisure time in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 1, 2021
Silicon’s 300% surge throws another price shock at the world
One of our most diverse building blocks, silicon is used to make semiconductors, solar panels, medical implants and more. Such a drmatic price spike could shift markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 30, 2021
Tokyo Game Show kicks off with virtual experience for gamers worldwide
Around 350 companies from Japan and abroad are exhibiting their latest titles, with presentations available online for free. The show was held entirely online last year amid the pandemic.
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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