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CYBER

BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 22, 2013
Security contest for IT engineers kicks off in Yokohama
Japan's largest hacking contest, aimed at fostering engineers able to counter cyberattacks, began Thursday with a regional preliminary in Yokohama.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2013
Bank virus feared in 16,000 PCs
An estimated 16,000 computers in Japan may be infected with the same type of virus used to commit online bank fraud involving stolen user IDs and passwords, according to a police source.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2013
The cyber highway potholes
There is no going back to the pre-Internet era. So we must work to ensure that freedom of information is not significantly undermined by cyber censorship.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2013
Cyber-snooping only one side of the information war
Efforts by the NSA and others to find out what we are thinking have long been matched by black- or gray-information programs to tell us what we should think.
WORLD
Jun 8, 2013
Secret U.S. directive plans for cyberwar
President Barack Obama calls on national security leaders to develop destructive cyberwarfare capabilities that could be triggered with 'little or no warning' against global adversaries.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2013
Japan's cyber security strategy
The government's efforts to adopt a cyber security strategy deserve praise as long as the constitutional protection of communications privacy is not undermined.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 15, 2013
China's cyberspies outwit model for James Bond's Q
Among defense contractors, QinetiQ North America is known for spy-world connections and an eye-popping product line. Its contributions to national security include secret satellites, drones and software used by U.S. special forces in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 6, 2013
Yokomine finishes strong to claim Cyber Agent Ladies title
Sakura Yokomine turned a two-shot deficit into a two-shot victory to collect her first tour title since 2011 at the Cyber Agent Ladies on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 30, 2013
U.S. seeks to expand wiretaps for Web use
A government task force is preparing legislation that would pressure companies such as Facebook and Google to enable law enforcement officials to intercept online communications as they occur, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with the effort.
EDITORIALS
Apr 1, 2013
Bolster cyber-attack defenses
Japan's public and private sectors must heighten their awareness of the danger from cyber-attacks and cyber-espionage and take protective steps.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 26, 2013
Lessons from the cyber-attacks on South Korea
Japan seems ill-prepared for massive, simultaneous and physical disruption to critical infrastructures like last week's cyber-attacks on South Korea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2013
PLA hackers are just the tip of cyberwarfare risk
China is awash with nondescript new office buildings, so the 12-story tower in Shanghai's Pudong area hardly looked likely to cause global headlines. Not even propaganda posters on walls surrounding it or People's Liberation Army guards standing at the gates made the building stand out.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2013
High stakes in cyberspace
As China catches up with the West in technology and relies increasingly on cyberspace for business and security, it may seek a cyberspace detente.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2013
Ministry to beef up hacking defenses
The trade ministry plans to beef up its database for cyber-attacks against Japanese companies and institutions to help analyze the latest trends and methods so they can protect themselves from organized assaults.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 12, 2010
Cyber Arts Japan: As interactive as they want to be
"What are silk screen prints doing in a show of media art?"
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.

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