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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 18, 2020

China takes risk in rushing to use unproven coronavirus vaccines

China has made its unproven candidates widely available to demonstrate their safety and effectiveness to a country that has long been skeptical of vaccines.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 18, 2020

Pfizer reaches safety milestone for COVID-19 vaccine, CEO says

Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said that a key safety milestone had been reached in the study of its COVID-19 vaccine, and the drugmaker is now preparing to seek an emergency-use authorization from U.S. regulators.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2020

Here's my card. It's written all over my face.

The 100% cotton, three-layer Meishi Masks come in three different models: “reception mask,” “sales mask” and “business activity mask.”
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Nov 10, 2020

JR East to bring forward last train departures on 17 lines in Tokyo

A Kyodo story outlines the reasons behind a decision to move up the times of the last trains in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 7, 2020

Pandemic spurs idle workers in Japan to engage in moonlighting

An oft-cited passage from the Gospel of Matthew (6:24) goes: "No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2020

Trump allies coin ‘legal vote’ media mantra to question election

U.S. President Donald Trump’s allies including some of his children are amplifying the president’s attacks on the election system’s integrity with online claims that test the rules set by social media companies against disinformation about the vote.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2020

Social media companies survived U.S. Election Day. More tests loom.

For months, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube prepared to clamp down on misinformation on Election Day in the U.S.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 1, 2020

‘Hydrogen wars’ pit Europe against China for $700 billion business

Governments, energy giants, automobile companies and lobbying groups say hydrogen use is pivotal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2020

Japan's specialist cleaners find new purpose and demand in pandemic

Usually tasked with cleaning up the aftermath of suicide, the squalor of derelict houses and post-disaster debris, the virus has created a boom for the niche industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2020

Apple’s shifting supply chain creates boomtowns in rural Vietnam

The boom in Bac Giang highlights how the shift in the world's supply chains is touching regions previously left behind.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2020

Japan’s oldest mill turns to cleaner steel to take on China

Japan’s oldest steel mill is venturing into recycling the industrial metal to tackle climate change and survive a race with Chinese mills.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2020

Trump is losing his touch. So is the TV producer who shaped his image.

Did you catch Steve Harvey’s "Funderdome” on ABC? How about "The World’s Best” on CBS, "The Contender” on Epix, or "World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge” on Amazon Prime? Or the Christian-themed dramas "A.D. The Bible Continues” on NBC and "Messiah” on Netflix?
Microsoft accused Chinese state-sponsored hackers of using flaws in its SharePoint document management software in a hacking campaign that has targeted businesses and government agencies around the world.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 23, 2025

Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft flaws with U.S. nuclear agency hit

The number of companies and agencies subjected to breaches as a result of exploits in the document-sharing software is mounting.
The Virtual Expo app lets users navigate a digital version of the 2025 Osaka Expo site by controlling avatars.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 24, 2025

Virtual access brings Osaka Expo to broader audience

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Expo hopes to bridge the "experience gap" for those who wish to visit but are unable to make the trip to the site.
A boy and his father walk through the toy section of Walmart in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 29, 2019.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 24, 2025

Toy makers nix batteries and other materials to save costs amid tariff war

The duties imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump are particularly painful for companies like Hasbro and Mattel, as 80% of toys sold in the U.S. come from China.
Swarm Biotactics' cyborg cockroaches are equipped with specialized backpacks that enable real-time data collection via cameras.
WORLD
Jul 24, 2025

Spy cockroaches and AI robots: Germany plots the future of warfare

A wave of German defense startups is developing cutting-edge technology, from tank-like robots and unmanned mini-submarines to battle-ready cyborg cockroaches.
A regenerative medicine startup, Kyoto-based iHeart Japan, said Monday that it has conducted a clinical trial to transplant a treatment sheet containing cardiac muscle cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells into a patient with a heart muscle disease.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 29, 2025

Japan startup transplants iPS cells for heart treatment in clinical trial

The layered sheet containing three types of cells and gelatin particles were placed on the surface of the heart, and are expected to improve the heart's contractions.
The Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari, Hokkaido, in March 2024
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2025

Hokkaido's Tomari nuclear reactor passes safety screening

The reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power's plant is the 18th to gain approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority since the current safety standards were adopted.
AI developer Alt, which recently disclosed accounting irregularities, has filed for bankruptcy protection under the civil rehabilitation law at the Tokyo District Court.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2025

Japanese AI developer Alt goes bust after accounting fraud

Suspicions of accounting fraud surfaced at the company in April this year.
Workers carry solar panels to install them at a solar farm in the desert in Lingwu, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, on April 14.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 4, 2025

China's solar giants quietly shed a third of their workforces last year

The trend shows how one of Beijing's hand-picked industries to drive economic growth struggled with overcapacity and tepid demand.
Mazda Motor posted a consolidated net loss of ¥42.1 billion ($286 million) for the three months to June, its first loss in the fiscal first quarter since 2020.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 6, 2025

Mazda swings to net loss in April-June

The automaker posted a consolidated net loss of ¥42.1 billion for the period as a result of steep U.S. tariffs and a stronger yen.
Sony’s music unit has grown to be a reliable pillar of the group, bringing in a steady flow of revenue as opposed to the company’s more prominent consumer electronics, PlayStation and image sensors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2025

Sony lifts outlook on entertainment demand despite tariff threat

The company now expects its operating profit for the year ending March to reach a total of ¥1.33 trillion, compared with a previous forecast of ¥1.28 trillion.
Yuji Sakoda, superintendent-general at the Metropolitan Police Department, bows to apologize for the misconduct in the Ohkawara Kakohki case during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2025

Tokyo police admit 'serious mistake' in investigation of spray dryer firm

The probe was led by "dysfunctional" leadership, resulting in false accusations being leveled at company executives, a report released Thursday showed.
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2025

SoftBank swings to profit after Masayoshi Son’s AI bets pay off

SoftBank Group swung to a quarterly profit, riding on gains from its bets on Nvidia and startups in a boon for founder Masayoshi Son’s bets on artificial intelligence technologies.
Ahmad Habibi and his younger brother Mahmood Habibi pose for the camera in Canada in 2014.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2025

How a CIA hit on al-Qaida ensnared a U.S. citizen in Afghanistan

Interviews reveal that the Taliban likely detained Mahmood Habibi because the CIA had penetrated the company where he worked.
SoftBank Group has emerged as the unnamed buyer of Foxconn Technology Group’s electric vehicle plant in Ohio and plans to incorporate the facility into its $500 billion Stargate data center project with OpenAI and Oracle.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 12, 2025

SoftBank shares surge on AI hope and sign of Stargate progress

The firm's emergence as the unnamed buyer of Foxconn's electric vehicle plant in Ohio is spurring optimism that it may be able to kick-start its stalled endeavor.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange. Analysts say some cash-rich, big tech firms in Japan have failed to respond to the TSE’s yearslong campaign to improve valuations and capital efficiency.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 15, 2025

Investors seek bigger payouts from Japanese tech firms’ cash hoard

Growth companies that had been getting a free pass amid the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s yearslong campaign to improve valuations and capital efficiency are now facing closer scrutiny.
One of Swiss startup Enerdrape’s energy-harvesting panels is seen in this screenshot taken from video posted to the firm's YouTube account.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Aug 17, 2025

A startup is tapping underground parking garages for clean energy

Globally, heating accounts for nearly half of all energy consumption. That could make decarbonizing it a half-trillion-dollar market.

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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building