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TECH

BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2015
Reappearance of old faces on Toshiba board questions commitment to reform
Scandal-hit Toshiba Corp. appointed new board members at an extraordinary shareholders meeting, vowing to improve its corporate culture and governance.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 14, 2015
Toshiba logs first-quarter net loss; sales at lowest since December 2012
Toshiba Corp. posted a net loss for the first quarter as sales of televisions and personal computers slumped and profit fell at its division that makes chips.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 29, 2015
Def Tech celebrates 10 years and taps into a Hawaiian vibe on 'Howzit!?'
Def Tech's Yuki "Micro" Nishimiya and Shenan "Shen" Brown greet me with an "Aloha" as I walk into their small office in Harajuku to discuss their 10th anniversary and new album, "Howzit!?"
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 27, 2015
Views from Yokohama: Is technology making the world better or worse?
Luddites and tech fans are interrogated on the wide streets of Yokohama.
JAPAN
May 7, 2015
Australia to get classified Japanese data on stealthy submarines ahead of bid, sources say
Japan will agree this month to give Australia classified submarine data, an unprecedented step signaling Tokyo's intent to join competitive bidding to sell Canberra a fleet of stealth subs, said two Japanese officials familiar with the plan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 26, 2014
Digital tack taken to revive interest in New Year's cards
The tradition of sending "nengajo," or New Year's postcards, has been in decline as people turn to the Internet, social networking and digital gadgets like smartphones instead of putting pen to paper.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 19, 2014
Wall St. gains sharply for second day; Oracle drives tech shares
U.S. stocks climbed more than 1 percent on Thursday, extending a rally from the previous session as tech shares gained with upbeat results from Oracle.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2014
Obama's immigration tweaks leave tech industry wanting more
President Barack Obama plans to make life a little easier for some foreign tech workers, but Silicon Valley representatives are disappointed that his immigration rule changes will not satisfy long-standing demands for more visas and faster green cards.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 1, 2014
New tech brings cinema to the deaf and blind
The lights dimmed inside the theater at the Tokyo International Film Festival and the audience quieted down. As Masayuki Suo's film "Maiko wa Lady (Lady Maiko)" began, the viewers were ready — with glasses-shaped head-mounted displays and earpieces designed to make cinema accessible to the deaf and...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 26, 2014
StartEd offers a legal leg-up for tech startups
Every so often, Japanese- and English-speaking legal advisers meet with entrepreneurs in Tokyo to dispense free one-on-one legal guidance.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2014
New smartphone app gives sight to the blind
Jonathan Mosen, who has been blind since birth, spent a recent evening snapping photos of packages in the mail, his son's school report and labels on bottles in the fridge. In seconds, he was listening to audio of the printed words the camera had captured, courtesy of a new app on his Apple iPhone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2014
London's young techs find anti-immigrant mood a drag on hiring talent
When Efe Cakarel picked London as a new base for his video streaming company, he was counting on its location, capital markets and infrastructure, but also on the city's reputation as a hub for talented people from Europe and beyond.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN WEB WATCH
Sep 13, 2014
Internet fraud takes a turn for the strange
Two widely reported Web stories this year have been related to online-services fraud. One concerns online banking, the other account-hacking on a smartphone messenger service.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 15, 2014
Rise of the machines? Tiny robot horde swarms to form shapes
They look vaguely like miniature hockey pucks skittering along on three pinlike metal legs, but a swarm of small robots called Kilobots at a laboratory at Harvard University is making a little bit of history for automatons everywhere.

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The sun shines from behind a waving Philippine flag at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
Eighty years after the Battle of Manila, old foes forge new ties