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Jul 26, 2022

NFL launches its own mobile streaming service

The league's new service, called NFL+, will compete with a wide array of sports-focused streaming services, including some that also show NFL games.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2022

Ukraine’s highly mobile tech workforce hits the road

Until late February, Inha Kushnir worked in Odesa. Then Russia invaded and she and her husband decided that it would be safer for her and the couple's young daughter to leave.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2021

NYSE delisting of China’s top telecoms a symbolic blow as feud smolders on

Move follows order by U.S. President Donald Trump in November barring American investments in Chinese firms owned or controlled by the military.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 11, 2020

Amazon bans, then unbans TikTok app from employee mobile devices

In the span of a few hours on Friday, Amazon.com Inc. banned and then unbanned the TikTok video-sharing app from employee mobile devices, calling the move a mistake.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2020

Amazon pulls out of major Barcelona telecom conference over coronavirus concerns

Amazon.com Inc. has pulled out of this month's Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry's biggest gatherings, which attracts over 100,000 visitors to Barcelona, Spain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2019

Japan's mobile phone carriers to launch new iPhones on Sept. 20

Japan's three major mobile phone carriers are set to release the latest models of Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone series on Sept. 20.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 8, 2019

Japan's Rakuten swings to quarterly loss on Lyft and mobile service

Rakuten Inc. reported an unexpected quarterly loss Thursday, hit by the depressed value of its investment in ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc. and heavy spending on a new wireless service.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 13, 2019

U.S. House intel panel chief Adam Schiff has 'profound concern' over Huawei role in U.S. 5G networks

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said he has "profound concern" about Chinese networking giant Huawei Technologies Co. and the security and privacy threats that integrating its equipment across 5G mobile networks would incur.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2018

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son in his own words — all 303,513 of them

Masayoshi Son has a lot going on these days.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2018

Together with Indian startup Paytm, SoftBank plans to create mobile payment service in Japan by year-end

SoftBank Group Corp. plans to announce within days that it will start a mobile digital payments service in Japan by the end of 2018, as billionaire founder Masayoshi Son seeks to expand in the sector, people familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 17, 2018

U.S. bans American firms from selling to Iran sanctions-breaching Chinese phone maker ZTE

The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling components to leading Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. for seven years for violating the terms of a sanctions violation case, U.S. officials said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 5, 2018

Chubu Electric tests mobile payment app as prelude to blockchain-based energy marketplace

Chubu Electric Power Co. has developed a mobile payment app for virtual currencies, and has started testing it in-house with employees using it to purchase coffee.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2017

Mobile gaming firm Akatsuki to adapt Japanese content for U.S. TV and movie screens

Mobile gaming company Akatsuki Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of a U.S.-based entertainment production company aimed at developing feature films for a global audience based on popular Japanese content including manga, anime and novels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2017

In Japan's remote areas, banks may soon pay visits to customers with mobile ATM vans

An increasing number of regional banks in Japan are introducing automated teller machines mounted on vehicles to cater mainly to elderly people living in remote areas with no bank-run ATMs.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 15, 2016

Boku no Yabai Tsuma; Busujima Yuriko no Sekirara Nikki; DMM Mobile

Murder and infidelity are addressed with stylish flair in the new series, "Boku no Yabai Tsuma" ("My Dangerous Wife"; Fuji TV, Tues., 10 p.m.)
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
May 2, 2015

Japan's 'Experimental Creations' at Milan Design Week

Last month's Salone del Mobile Milano, also known as Milan Design Week, had a particularly good turnout of innovative Japanese designers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 1, 2015

As sensors shrink in size, 'wearable' gadgets may fall out of sight

Forget "wearables." The next big thing in mobile devices is "disappearables."
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 5, 2015

Ebola survivors in West Africa to share stories via mobile app, to help fight stigma

Ebola survivors in the three West African countries worst hit by the epidemic will share their stories through a mobile application to be launched on Monday, in a UNICEF-backed campaign to inform and fight stigma around the disease.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Ainu land rights in crosshairs as Hokkaido communities debate nuclear waste
A street in Suttsu, Hokkaido, with a sign put up by an anti-nuclear organization. The small community is considering hosting a facility that would hold nuclear waste.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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