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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 3, 2020

SoftBank’s super-fast 5G network isn’t very useful just yet

SoftBank Corp.’s fifth-generation wireless service in Japan is living up to the hype in at least one respect — internet speeds that are blazingly fast even by the standards of one of the most connected countries in the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 22, 2020

China’s coronavirus diplomacy has finally pushed Europe too far

With a series of high-level summits culminating in a visit to Germany in the fall by President Xi Jinping, this was supposed to be the year of Europe-China diplomacy. Instead, Europeans are warning of a damaging rift.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2020

SoftBank shares tumble 10% after OneWeb files for bankruptcy

SoftBank Group Corp. fell as much as 10 percent after a provider of satellite-based internet service that it invested in filed for bankruptcy, ceding some gains from an unprecedented plan to sell assets and buy back shares.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 26, 2020

Harnessing the power of AI: Japanese delivery firms and restaurants look to tech to boost businesses

In the midst of a surge in demand as more people shop online, the parcel delivery sector is struggling to keep up due to a chronic shortage of drivers. Meanwhile, restaurants are struggling to find ways to reduce waste in an industry notorious for razor-thin profit margins.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Northern California report 2020
Feb 21, 2020

San Jose: The urban center of Silicon Valley

As the largest city in Northern California, the city of San Jose is home to global companies seeking the benefits of operating in its rich ecosystem of manufacturing, research, prototyping, engineering and marketing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2020

Honda to reorganize development operations in bid to increase efficiency

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it will reorganize its vehicle development operations on April 1 in a bid to boost efficiency.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 7, 2020

Coronavirus pushes robots to front lines of China's hospitals

The deadly coronavirus outbreak, which has pushed the Chinese medical community into overdrive, has also prompted hospitals to more quickly adopt robots as medical assistants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 6, 2020

Japan's robot bartenders: Last call for human service?

Japan's first robot bartender has begun serving up drinks in a Tokyo pub in a test that could usher in a wave of automation in restaurants and shops struggling to hire staff in an aging society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 4, 2020

AI startup digs up business opportunity in aging water pipes in Japan and elsewhere

When a fifth of the people living in the city of Wakayama faced a three-day water stoppage last month to fix a 60-year-old pipe network, they rushed to get ready, only to learn that the repairs could be made without a shutdown.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2020

U.S. charges target alleged Chinese spying at Harvard and Boston institutions

A Harvard University department chair and two Chinese nationals who were researchers at Boston University and a Boston hospital were charged on Tuesday with lying about their alleged links to the Chinese government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2020

Why Sony has developed an electric vehicle

Sony's Vision-S electric car project may be a harbinger of its true comeback.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2020

From anime to reality: Mobile 25-ton Gundam robot to be built in Yokohama

What was once thought limited to the realm of animation is set to become reality in Yokohama this fall when an 18-meter mobile Gundam robot steps into action.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2019

Recession, robots and rockets: Another Roaring '20s for world markets?

Helicopter cash, climate crises, smart cities and the space economy — investors have all those possibilities ahead as they enter the third decade of the 21st century.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2019

Robots cleaning up at stations and airports in labor-hungry Japan

More and more unmanned cleaning robots are being used in Japan, mainly at public transportation facilities, amid severe labor shortages.
Shanghai report 2019
Dec 24, 2019

Yamaha and China: Celebrating four decades of success

Yamaha Motor’s story in China began with the successful Guangzhou Yamaha Exhibition held in southern China in 1979.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 6, 2019

SoftBank and University of Tokyo to open business-oriented AI research centers

SoftBank Corp. and the University of Tokyo have agreed to open artificial-intelligence centers staffed with specialists from the university and around the world, to swiftly turn research into profitable business ventures so Japan can keep up with the U.S. and China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2019

Japan and Asia's mutual challenges

Japan is the world's pioneer in tackling the problems it currently faces. If the nation can successfully resolve them, it can potentially export its solutions to the rest of the world.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Malaysia Special
Nov 29, 2019

Bright future lies ahead as trade, investments grow

Malaysia values its bilateral relationship with Japan that has grown from strength to strength. This year marks the 61st diplomatic anniversary between Malaysia and Japan, an important milestone that signifies the long-standing ties between our two nations.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Malaysia Special
Nov 29, 2019

'Much to gain' for Japanese businesses

The Malaysia Investment Development Authority (MIDA) is Malaysia's principal investment promotion agency and was established in 1967.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 22, 2019

Japan and India — a special relationship

As the world's economic center of gravity shifts to Asia, it increasingly falls to these two countries to take up the baton to champion freedom, inclusivity, trade and other liberal values.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Nov 15, 2019

German state leader to visit Fukushima to see recovery and renewable energy efforts

Minister President Armin Laschet of North Rhine-Westphalia, a state located in western Germany, is set to pay a visit to Fukushima Prefecture in January to evaluate the progress being made to implement renewable energy sources and the region's recovery following the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent...
Special Supplements
Nov 15, 2019

Empowering Slovenia's Business: Green. Creative. Smart.

In 2019, SPIRIT Slovenia, the Public Agency for Entrepreneurship, Internationalization, Foreign Investments and Technology, launched an international communications campaign Green. Creative. Smart. under the state brand "I feel Slovenia."
Nov 5, 2019

Yamaha Motor Exhibits City Commuter TRICITY300 at EICMA

“Aiming to make a bike that won't tip over" - 4th model with LMW technology
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2019

A time to reconsider economic greatness

Japan could represent an alternative path for growth and defining economic success.
Japan Times
Czech Republic report 2019
Oct 25, 2019

100 years of Japan-Czech exchange

Highlights from the official message of the Czech Republic’s Ambassador to Japan, Martin Tomčo:

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