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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 16, 2020
Apple watch supplier Japan Display in talks on smartphone OLED investment
Japan Display is developing a technology that will deliver OLED screens that are sharper, less power hungry and easier to produce, the company's CEO says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 23, 2020
Apple switches to own chips for Macs as it adds features and privacy controls
Apple Inc. on Monday said it will switch to its own chips for its Mac computers, saying the first machines will ship this year, ending a nearly 15-year reliance on Intel Corp. to supply processors for its flagship laptops and desktops.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2020
Podcast platform Pocket Casts says Apple removed app from China store
New York-based podcasting platform Pocket Casts said its app had been taken down from Apple Inc's app store in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 1, 2020
Apple to reopen flagship Tokyo stores as Japan eases virus curbs
All 10 of Apple's stores in Japan will be open by midweek, after the company tentatively resumed sales at two of them a week ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 26, 2020
Apple to start reopening Japan stores this week
Apple will require temperature checks at the door, social distancing and the use of masks by customers and staff alike.
WORLD
May 5, 2020
Apple and Google ban use of location tracking in coronavirus contact tracing apps
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2020
Apple finds no evidence hackers exploited Mail flaw on iPhones and iPads
The technology giant is countering assertions by cybersecurity company ZecOps Inc. that hackers may have been able to infiltrate iPhones and other iOS devices for more than a year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 24, 2020
Apple plans to ditch Intel and make its own chips for some Macs
By next year, Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers that contain main processors it has made itself, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 23, 2020
Apple iPhones and iPads vulnerable to hackers by flaws in mail app
Apple Inc. plans to release a patch after the cybersecurity company ZecOps Inc. found vulnerabilities that may have allowed hackers to exploit iPhones, devices used by hundreds of millions of people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2020
Apple and Google’s huge coronavirus partnership
The tech giants are using smart engineering to use their power as a force for good without compromising privacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 3, 2020
Apple tells staff U.S. stores will remain closed until early May due to pandemic
Apple Inc. on Thursday told employees that its retail stores in the U.S. will remain closed and that work-from-home procedures will stay in place until early May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2020
Apple's Tim Cook expands U.S. remote working offer to many global employees
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook is offering employees at most of its global offices the ability to work from home, calling the coronavirus outbreak an "unprecedented event" and a "challenging moment."
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 26, 2020
J&J and iPhone maker team to study if app for Apple Watch can detect atrial fibrillation early
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it would partner with Apple Inc. on a study to use an iPhone app and the Apple Watch to study how earlier detection of atrial fibrillation impacts stroke in people aged 65 or older.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2020
Comcast's Peacock streaming service to offer free and $5- or $10-a-month options
Comcast Corp.-owned NBCUniversal's new Peacock service, its belated entry into the streaming video wars, will offer free and $5-per-month options with advertising, the company announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2020
Tesla once again most shorted American stock
Tesla Inc. bears won't let anyone steal the title for the most-shorted stock. Not even Apple Inc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2020
Amazon to ramp up counterfeit reporting to law enforcement
Amazon.com Inc is planning to give more data on counterfeit goods to law enforcement in a further crackdown on fakes listed on its e-commerce sites, a person familiar with the program told Reuters.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 21, 2019
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai awarded $242 million pay package
Sundar Pichai is getting a hefty pay raise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 19, 2019
Apple, Google and Amazon seek standard for smart devices
Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Amazon.com Inc. — three of the biggest providers of smart-home and voice-assistant technology — are joining forces to make internet-connected homes easier to set up and safer to use.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2019
Cobalt fallout: Tesla and Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo
Five of the world's largest tech companies have been accused of being complicit in the death of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo forced to mine cobalt, a metal used to make telephones and computers, in a landmark lawsuit.
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2019
Japanese panel wants to establish team to fight fake news, with help from U.S. tech giants
A government panel has drafted a proposal to create a public-private team to fight fake online news that U.S. tech giants would be asked to join.

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The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.