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COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
May 27, 1999

High adventure

Have you decided where you are going to spend New Year's Eve? It should be someplace where you wouldn't mind staying if any of our normal, every day support systems should fail. One unconcerned gentleman has made reservations for a flight over Antarctica. Experts will be on board the 747 to explain about...
LIFE / Digital / CYBERIA
Apr 7, 1999

I am what I spam

Tom Clancy couldn't have weaved a better web of suspense and intrigue. It had everything: a villain working under a string of shadowy aliases; news hype mixed with general chaos; an FBI manhunt led by expert freelance bloodhounds
JAPAN
Jun 4, 1998

Newspapers still have key role to play in high-tech age

Staff Writer
JAPAN
May 25, 1998

Greenback climbs to 137 yen on comment by Rubin

For the first time since August 1991, the dollar on Monday hit 137 yen in Tokyo after reports spread that U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said he could tolerate a yen as weak as 140 yen or 150 yen to the dollar to prevent the Japanese economy from collapsing.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 1997

Asian economic jitters fuel TSE selling spree

Pessimism reigned Monday over prospects for the Tokyo stock market and the yen's value against the dollar.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 1997

TSE plunges below 16,000 after losing 4%

>Share prices fell along a broad front Friday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as concerns continue to dog the health of the nation's financial institutions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2023

ChatGPT could expose corporate secrets, cyber firm warns

There are concerns that confidential information fed into chatbots now could be used by AI companies in the future.
PRESS / Events
Apr 11, 2023

G7 群⾺⾼崎デジタル・技術⼤⾂会合の 「デジタル技術展」にOP技術を出展

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都千代田区、取締役社長:末松弥奈子)が組合員として参画するオリジネーター・プロファイル技術研究組合(OP-CIP)は、「G7広島サミット」に伴う関係閣僚会合として、群馬県高崎市で開かれるG7群馬高崎デジタル・技術大臣会合の「デジタル技術展」(4月28日~30日)に出展し、現在、共同開発中のOP技術を紹介します。...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 6, 2023

The tangled inner world of LIV Golf

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been a public cheerleader for LIV, which played two tournaments at his company’s courses last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Mar 29, 2023

Alibaba’s $32 billion day signals breakups ahead for China Tech

China’s online commerce leader surprised markets Tuesday by announcing plans to split its $220 billion empire into six units that will individually raise funds and explore IPOs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2023

Wage hikes at Japan’s small firms closely watched for BOJ clues

It’s the salary decisions at smaller companies without unions that will indicate how widespread wage gains really are.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Feb 10, 2023

Concerns over China drive Tokyo and Manila closer together

As Japan emerges as a more prominent regional security actor, Tokyo is looking beyond its alliance with the United States to help deter China and meet other regional challenges.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2023

Google’s AI chatbot is trained by humans who say they’re overworked, underpaid and frustrated

Thousands of outside contractors work to make Google's Bard reliable, but its also becoming an increasingly thankless job.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 24, 2023

Microsoft invests $10 billion in ChatGPT maker OpenAI

Microsoft is competing with Alphabet, Amazon.com and Meta Platforms to dominate the fast-growing technology that generates text, images and other media.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers