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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 6, 2023
Apple’s $3,499 Vision Pro headset will test marketing might
The wearable device mixes virtual and augmented reality, meaning it can fully engross a user in content with high-resolution displays or overlay apps on top of the wearer’s field of view.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2023
Daiwa gives workers OK to 'freely use' ChatGPT as part of tech drive
The company has been strengthening the recruitment of science graduates to develop high-tech experts in house.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jun 3, 2023
Mute, unfollow, delete: Experts’ tips for mindful social media use
Don't be afraid to change things up on your social media feeds — if only to see what effect the difference has on you.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 3, 2023
Japan issues administrative guidance to ChatGPT operator
The guidance pointed to the possibility of ChatGPT infringing on privacy laws by obtaining sensitive personal information without prior consent.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2023
Your first robot butler will need human eyes
Automatons that clean your house are getting closer to reality, but they’ll still need people to steer them for several years
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 2, 2023
Japan and South Korea ramp up chip collaboration amid U.S.-China tensions
A need to work around trade restrictions is seen as the main factor driving the engagement with Japan by firms such as Samsung, rather than improving diplomatic relations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2023
Ukraine war may become a proving ground for AI
AI and quantum computing could revolutionize offensive operations and, perhaps more important, logistics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2023
Nvidia’s CEO planning trip to meet China tech leaders despite U.S. curbs
Jensen Huang is set to join a growing list of corporate chiefs taking advantage of China’s reopening to visit the world’s No. 2 economy, including Apple’s Tim Cook and billionaire Elon Musk.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2023
ChatGPT risks threaten to divide Biden administration over EU’s AI rules
U.S. national security officials say aggressively regulating this nascent technology will put the nation at a competitive disadvantage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2023
U.S. unemployment insurance is stuck in 1935
America is relying on a unemployment system designed for the economy during the Great Depression.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 31, 2023
Chinese tech business owners seek residency abroad as U.S. tensions soar
Dismayed by U.S.-China trade spats and restrictions on a growing number of Chinese companies, ambitious Chinese technology entrepreneurs are taking more drastic steps to expand into the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 31, 2023
Why is Nvidia's market value soaring and what is its role in the AI boom?
The chipmaker produces around 80% of the chips used by generative AI systems to process data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 31, 2023
Nvidia's market value touches $1 trillion amid AI gold rush
The chipmaker’s artificial intelligence prospects briefly vaulted it into an elite club of just five American companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 30, 2023
Kishida's push to protect vital undersea cables
Undersea communications cables, a pillar of the global economy, are starting to get the attention they deserve in part due to Prime Minister Kishida's efforts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2023
When delivery costs more than the food you ordered
The big players are betting that we’re too addicted to the convenience of meals at our doors to walk away from their apps. They may be right.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 30, 2023
China rejects U.S. claims over ‘de-risking’ not ‘decoupling’
Chinese state media, officials and academics have all publicly rejected the distinction in recent weeks, in a seemingly concerted effort to undermine the rhetorical shift.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 30, 2023
Asus plans to sell first managed AI service hosted at client facilities
A major concern around existing AI services is that they’re operated through online data centers that can expose sensitive information.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2023
Chinese police urge deletion of encrypted messaging apps from children’s devices
Police in cities across China have issued warnings against kids using encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram and BatChat amid a growing crackdown.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 29, 2023
AI-generated misinformation likely to pose hazard in U.S. election campaigns
Technologists warn that bad actors could exploit the technology to sow chaos amid a highly polarized political climate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 28, 2023
South Korea to avoid cashing in on China’s U.S. chipmaker ban
China’s Micron crackdown has drawn South Korea into the U.S.-China battle over technology access and national security.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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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