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BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2019

Google fined $1.7 billion for blocking rival online search advertisers, in third EU sanction

Google was fined €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) on Wednesday for blocking rival online search advertisers, in the third large European Union antitrust penalty for the Alphabet business in two only years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2019

Tech consortium flags more than 800 versions of New Zealand attack video shared online

A consortium of global technology firms has shared on its collective database the digital fingerprints of more than 800 versions of the video of New Zealand's mass shootings that killed 50 people, it said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2018

NHK to trim fees by 4.5% by fiscal 2020 to meet criteria for online simulcasting

NHK's board on Tuesday approved the public broadcaster's plan to cut its television viewing fees by 4.5 percent by fiscal 2020.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 17, 2018

Mariya Takeuchi: The pop genius behind 2018's surprise online smash hit from Japan

On the 40th anniversary of singer-songwriter Mariya Takeuchi's debut, The Japan Times sits down with the musician responsible for such classics as 'Sutekina Holiday,' 'September' and the track that has taken the internet by storm, 'Plastic Love.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2018

Britain to target online platform giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon with new digital services tax

Britain said it would tax the revenue that online platforms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon make in the country to update a system that had not kept pace with changing digital business models.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2018

Gab.com fights to stay online after Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

The website where the suspected Pittsburgh synagogue gunman posted anti-Semitic views said on Sunday it was "working around the clock" to stay online after being cut off by payment processors and forced to switch web hosts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2018

Stores few but online sales brisk as legal recreational marijuana gets sober start in Canada

Canada became the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational cannabis on Wednesday, but a lawful buzz will be hard to come by in its biggest cities like Toronto and Vancouver, where stores are not yet open.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 2, 2018

Tsukuba first in Japan to deploy online voting system

A new online voting system based on the My Number identification system and blockchain technology has been introduced in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 27, 2018

Mizuho's online trading platform down for second day following crash

Mizuho Securities Co.'s online stock trading services for retail customers remained suspended Wednesday due to a system glitch, company officials said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 7, 2018

Online shopping drives air freight profits higher despite protectionism fears

An explosion in e-commerce demand is buoying the air freight business, boosting profit at some major airlines despite global trade tensions and underscoring robust consumer confidence.
PRESS / Services
May 31, 2018

The Japan Times launches the online version of the Japan Network Updates to form and support readers community

Tokyo, May 31, 2018 – The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Takeharu Tsutsumi) launched today an online version of the Japan Network Updates at https://www.japantimes.co.jp/jnu, whose Monday paper version introduces The Japan Times readers community members.
Japan Times
May 31, 2018

The Japan Times launches the online version of the Japan Network Updates to form and support readers community

Tokyo, May 31, 2018 - The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Takeharu Tsutsumi) launched today an online version of the Japan Network Updates at https://www.japantimes.co.jp/jnu , whose Monday paper version introduces The Japan Times readers community members.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news / Sound Off
Mar 8, 2018

Net-shy Johnny's announces deal for online channel with YouTube

Internet-shy entertainment management company Johnny & Associates said Monday it will launch an official YouTube channel on March 21.
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2018

EBay to buy Qoo10 Japan shopping platform, other assets from Giosis

EBay Inc. said on Tuesday it would buy Giosis Pte. Ltd.'s Japanese business, including the Qoo10 online shopping platform, to expand its presence in Asia's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Jan 20, 2018

More Japanese read news online than in newspapers for first time, survey finds

For the first time since 2008, more people in Japan are getting their news from smartphones and computers than the morning newspaper, a poll finds.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 9, 2017

Indonesia plans automated system to flag contentious online material

Indonesia plans to launch in January a new automated system using 44 servers to help block websites displaying content such as pornography or extremist ideology, a communications ministry official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2017

Luxury online retailer Reebonz to raise up to $150 million for East Asia expansion

Reebonz Pte, Southeast Asia's largest online luxury retailer, is planning to raise as much as $150 million (¥16.7 billion) to bolster its marketplace business and fund expansion in China, Japan and South Korea.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 22, 2017

Pedophile sting ops roil U.S. forces on Okinawa

Controversial operations in which sailors pose online as underage girls lead to dozens of NCIS arrests.

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