Commentary / World Aug 3, 2020
by Diane Coyle
Recent congressional antitrust hearing showed that they can no longer avoid the harsh glare of the political spotlight.
Business Jul 29, 2020
The unprecedented congressional hearing will feature the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.
Business / Corporate | FOCUS Jul 12, 2020
Competition between streaming services heating up in Japan amid pandemic
Online subscription-based streaming of films and television programs has seen an uptick in Japan in recent years, and with the coronavirus pandemic keeping more people at home, that trend appears to be intensifying. The growth in the market is led by foreign companies globalizing operations ...
Business May 27, 2020
Japan enacts law toughening transparency regulations on tech giants
The measure addresses concerns such companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to mistreat merchants who offer wares on their platforms.
World May 9, 2020
With attention on the coronavirus, Amazon deforestation surges
As the world focuses on the coronavirus, deforestation continues to surge in the Amazon rainforest this year, raising fears of a repeat of last year's record-breaking devastation — or worse. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four months of ...
Business May 7, 2020
Online booksellers struggling to meet demand from Japanese readers
Publishers scramble to find new ways of getting books to customers as Amazon focuses restocking efforts and delivery on essential items.
World Apr 30, 2020
Amazon city resorts to mass graves as Brazil COVID-19 deaths soar
Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins at a time in collective graves. Soon, the city may run out of coffins. "It's chaos here," said Maria Garcia, who waited ...
World Apr 11, 2020
Boy from isolated Amazon tribe dies of COVID-19, raising fears of devastating outbreak
A Yanomami indigenous boy has died after contracting the coronavirus, authorities in Brazil said Friday, raising fears for the Amazon tribe, which is known for its vulnerability to disease. The 15-year-old boy, the first Yanomami to be diagnosed with the virus, was hospitalized a week ...
World / Science & Health Mar 11, 2020
Close to tipping point, Amazon forest could collapse within 50 years
The Amazon rainforest is nearing a threshold that, once crossed, would see one of the world's largest and richest ecosystems morph into arid savanna within half a century, scientists said Tuesday. Another major ecosystem, Caribbean coral reefs, could die off in only 15 years if ...
Commentary / World Mar 5, 2020
Tech firms can track your COVID-19 searches
by Elaine Ou
Facebook, Google, Amazon and others have their fingers on the pulse of public sentiment about the coronavirus.
World / Science & Health Feb 8, 2020
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil more than doubled in January compared with the previous year, according to official data published Friday. More than 280 square kilometers (110 square miles) were cleared, an increase of 108 percent. It was the largest area cleared in ...
World / Science & Health Feb 8, 2020
The Amazon river dolphin is an intelligent and friendly mammal that appears to grin and flush like a human blushing when it gets excited. But some are concerned about the world's largest freshwater dolphin coming under threat again in Brazil, where fishermen hunt and kill ...