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Eric Newcomer
For Eric Newcomer's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2020
Canceling your trip due to coronavirus? Airbnb refuses scores of refunds
Josh Ostroff had a difficult choice to make: Cancel a trip to Japan in March that he'd been promising his 10-year-old son for three years, or ignore travel warnings and put his family's health at risk amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2018
A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype
Few corners of the tech industry are as tantalizing or complex as quantum computing. For years its evangelists have promised machines capable of breaking the most impenetrable coded messages, unlocking the secret properties of the physical world and putting supercomputers to shame.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 16, 2018
Uber CEO predicts Amazon-style losses to reach lofty goals
Speaking at a conference in San Francisco, Uber Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi rattled through the company's ambitions: food delivery, freight, autonomous vehicles and even buses and bikes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2017
Uber sues Dentsu's Fetch for $40 million over alleged click fraud on right-wing news site Breitbart
Uber Technologies Inc. is accustomed to getting sued. Now it's doing the suing, and it's partly thanks to Breitbart News.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Aug 29, 2017
Uber's incoming CEO inherits an embattled global business
Uber Technologies Inc.'s incoming chief executive officer, Dara Khosrowshahi, inherits an embattled global business with crises sprawling across continents.

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High-end tourism is becoming more about the kinds of experiences that Japan's lesser-known places can provide.
Can Japan lure the jet-set class off the beaten path?